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Laws don’t stop some Iowa patients from using marijuana

By Chase Martyn 11/13/09

Despite strict laws banning the possession and use of marijuana, some Iowa patients are turning to the drug to ease their symptoms.

Iowa’s drugs of choice: marijuana, meth

By Jason Hancock 11/2/09

While alcohol is still Iowa’s No. 1 intoxicant, the two most abused illicit drugs in the Hawkeye State are marijuana and methamphetamine, according to a report released Monday by the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy.
“Based on primary substance abuse treatment admission data from the Iowa Department of Public Health, alcohol accounts for about 61 [...]

Authorities crack northern Iowa’s largest meth ring

By Lynda Waddington 4/29/09

A large-scale methamphatimine manufacturing ring, supplied by pseudoephedrine “smurfing,” has been dismantled by federal authorities, and 23 defendants have been convicted.

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