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ACLU loudly condemns alleged strip searches at Atlantic High School 

This past summer, in the first weeks of the school year, Iowans became aware of a disturbing story out of Atlantic, Iowa, regarding accusations of inappropriate conduct by school officials. It was reported that several high school girls had been forced to submit to a strip search after another female student claimed that $100 in cash had been stolen.
 
Rather than investigate the credibility of story of the missing money, school officials reportedly forced five girls to take their gym clothes off in the locker room in front of a female faculty member. At least one of the teenage girls allegedly had to strip off her underwear and bra in order to comply with the demands of the faculty member. No money was ever found, and it is unclear whether it ever existed at all.
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ACLU-IA Foundation Year in Review
Ben Stone, Executive Director (9/24/09)

ACLU-IA Foundation Year in Review

Since the ACLU of Iowa’s founding nearly 75 years ago, our experience has revealed that political power shifts at both the state and federal level have little to do with the vulnerability of our civil liberties. It seems that those calling the shots – regardless of political affiliation – always want to increase their power at the expense of our individual rights. Thomas Jefferson must have realized this when he famously proclaimed: Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.

This report reviews the breadth and scope of the ACLU Foundation of Iowa’s program work over the past year and a half.

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ACLU-IA Provides Testimony at Medical Canabis Hearing

On Wednesday, Nov. 4. ACLU-IA Legal Director Randall Wilson presented testimony to the Iowa Board of Pharmacy regarding the Medical Use of Canabis (Marijuana) at a public hearing held by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy in Council Bluffs.  ACLU-IA argued for the authorization of the medical use of marijuana and its removal from Schedule I. Wilson's testimony provided a brief history of "How we got to where we are", and addressed the medical utility of marijuara, its safety, and its distribution and potential for abuse. 

Read testimony of  the ACLU-IA of Iowa.


Since August 2009, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy has held public hearings around the State to receive evidence and testimony regarding the pros and cons of medical marijuana from the scientific, medical, and legal perspective. The Council Bluffs hearing was the last of the public hearings.  For information on the other hearings, visit the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s website at http://www.iowa.gov/ibpe/marijuana_hearings.html
 

 


 

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