IOWA LEADERS DROP STUDY OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa lawmakers have called off plans to have a
committee study the legalization of medical marijuana, saying such a
decision could be made by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy noted Monday that an old state
law says the board may set the rules, so there's no need for a
committee. The Des Moines Democrat says the ball is in the board's
court now

The pharmacy board in February recommended the Legislature change the
classification of marijuana. It noted that a decades-old piece of Iowa
law already appeared to allow that, but members said the intent of the
law was unclear.

The board's executive director, Lloyd Jessen, said Monday that the
board doesn't want that responsibility and needs direction from
elected leaders.