Senate Concurrent Resolution 102 - Introduced SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 102 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SCR 101) A Concurrent Resolution urging the United States Drug 1 Enforcement Administration to grant an exception to 2 the classification of cannabis under schedule I of 3 the federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa. 4 WHEREAS, the General Assembly has directed the Iowa 5 Department of Public Health to request guarantees from 6 the federal government that educational and long-term 7 care facilities in Iowa with policies allowing patients 8 to possess medical cannabidiol or allowing staff to 9 administer medical cannabidiol will not lose federal 10 funding due to such policies; and 11 WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Public Health may 12 accomplish this goal by seeking an exception to the 13 classification of cannabis under schedule I of the 14 federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa from the 15 United States Drug Enforcement Administration using the 16 procedure found in 21 C.F.R. §1307.03; NOW THEREFORE, 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 18 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General 19 Assembly urges the United States Drug Enforcement 20 Administration to grant an exception to the 21 classification of cannabis under schedule I of the 22 federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa requested by 23 the Iowa Department of Public Health for the purpose 24 of allowing the possession and administration of 25 medical cannabidiol at educational and long-term care 26 facilities in Iowa; and 27 -1- LSB 5850SV (2) 89 ss/rn 1/ 2