Iowa’s governor has signed a bill that will double the number of medical cannabis dispensaries that are allowed to operate in the state.
Under prior law, Iowa’s limited medical marijuana program allowed only five dispensaries. That will double to 10 under HF 990, which Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) approved on Tuesday.
The measure was passed by the House of Representatives in an 88-5 vote in April and previously cleared the Senate in a tally of 42-5.
Bridget Spiddle, public policy and communications coordinator for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), wrote in an action alert to supporters last month that the reform will be “a vital step in expanding medical cannabis access for one of the most restrictive medical cannabis programs in the country.”
“No other medication gets treated like cannabis does. Pharmacies are widely accessible throughout Iowa, while dispensaries are capped at five locations for thousands of patients,” she said. “Rural Iowans have to expend enormous amounts of time and resources on costly travel to receive their medicine.”
In addition to doubling the dispensary allowance, the new law the governor signed will also allow out-of-state residents to register in the medical cannabis program if they have a certification from an
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