Secret deal with feds moves Iowa church closer to use of controlled substances

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: October 13, 2026

Words: 927

Last Updated: 4 days, 10 hours ago

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After years of litigation over its nonprofit status and use of a hallucinogenic controlled substance, an Iowa-based church is one step closer to being able to import the drug.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has agreed to award the Iowaska Church of Healing the state certification that is needed to clear the way for the issuance of federal certificates to not only import a controlled substance, but also to manufacture from it a tea that …

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