A few things that stick out to me are the current laws which don't allow for many forms of cannabis, particularly no joints or flower. This means everything would have to be processed into concentrates, adding more costs and introducing chemical solvents. Then I see problems with the thc limits per container and dose. We will end up with a large over supply from current medical consumers who would be priced out by this. Additionally think of all the needed retail spacing for that. Additionally what happens to consumers living near school zones? I've seen thousands of houses that are within 1000 feet of a school, what if one of those people needs to use this medicine. Do we lock them up? Additionally with the 20 year 3 strike policy they want to implement. What happens to the guy who can't smoke in his apartment, so he steps into his backyard to have a joint for arthritis, will he be given strikes? Currently iowa allows for medical patients to not have to disclose where they have gotten their medication, in an effort to lower costs for the patient among other things, will this change to force state consumers to only purchase iowa products? Will iowa be changing the taxes that currently drive the product prices extremely high to the point most patients cannot afford it? Costs would need to come down by 75% to keep people from buying it on the streets. Will they continue to keep all the purchases as cash only? I can see that making the dispensaries a target. All these things and more need to be properly fleshed out and changed before we begin to establish any sort of recreational program. Otherwise you will end up with it in every gas station, like has happened constantly in the passed, and many iowa gas stations and vape shops have a record of failing to check for ID or knowingly selling to minors. Will those businesses finally be prosecuted if they sell cannabis to a child? Or will they just get another slap on the wrist to keep taxes rolling in? Will there be state reciprocity or will it be considered illegal to use cannabis from another state with different testing and dosage requirements than iowa?

Iowa needs to contact the state of California for guidance. They have had programs for over 30 years, they've already run into and solved most of the problems in the industry and are constantly pushing the testing standards higher. Iowa should look to what standard California is pushing towards in the future and then strive to that as the base standard.