SF 282 (LSB 1247XS (4) 86)

SENATE FILE 282

BY  BOLKCOM

A BILL FOR

An Act reclassifying marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols, from a schedule I controlled substance to a schedule II controlled substance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 124.204, subsection 4, paragraphs m and u, Code 2015, are amended by striking the paragraphs.
    Sec. 2.  Section 124.204, subsection 7, Code 2015, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 3.  Section 124.206, subsection 7, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Hallucinogenic substances.  Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, or, for purposes of paragraphs “a” and “b”, which contains any of its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this paragraph only, the term “isomer” includes the optical, positional, and geometric isomers):
   a.  Marijuana when used for medicinal purposes pursuant to rules of the board.
   b.  Tetrahydrocannabinols, meaning tetrahydrocannabinols naturally contained in a plant of the genus Cannabis (Cannabis plant) as well as synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the Cannabis plant, or in the resinous extractives of such plant, and synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity to those substances contained in the plant, such as the following:
   (1)  1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers.
   (2)  6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers.
   (3)  3,4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers. (Since nomenclature of these substances is not internationally standardized, compounds of these structures, regardless of numerical designation of atomic positions covered.)
   b.  c.  Nabilone [another name for 

nabilone: (+-) - trans-3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-6,6a,7,8,10,10a-hexahydro-1-

hydroxy-6,6-dimethyl-9H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-9-one].
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill reclassifies marijuana, including tetrahydrocannibinols as a schedule II controlled substance instead of a schedule I controlled substance and strikes references to the authority of the board of pharmacy to adopt rules for the use of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols for medicinal purposes. 
   A schedule I controlled substance is a highly addictive substance that has no accepted medical use in the United States and a schedule II controlled substance is a highly addictive substance that has an accepted medical use in the United States. The reclassification of marijuana from a schedule I controlled substance to a schedule II controlled substance would allow a physician to issue a prescription for marijuana under state law. However, federal regulations may prohibit such prescriptions.
   The penalties remain unchanged for violations involving marijuana under the bill. The penalties under Code section 124.401 range from a class “B” felony punishable by up to 50 years of confinement to a serious misdemeanor punishable by up to six months of confinement depending on the amount of marijuana involved in the offense.