With two weeks until the 80/35 music festival, plans are changing. The organizers are shutting down a lounge designed for medical cannabis use at the festival.During the festival’s planning stages, 80/35 festival director Mickey Davis said Bud and Mary’s Cannabis approached them with the concept for a medical cannabis-friendly space. A statement the dispensary issued to KCCI says they submitted a request to the Department of Health and Human Services and were automatically approved for the lounge.After the plan was announced, the Department of Health and Human Services released a statement saying the dispensary did not submit a request and did not receive approval.”A cannabis lounge has not been approved for Bud and Mary’s. The Bureau of Cannabis Regulation at the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services did not receive a request from Bud & Mary’s to host a “Cannabis Consumption Lounge” at the 80/35 music festival. Had a request been received, it would have been denied. While the Iowa Code chapter that regulates the medical cannabis licensing and regulation chapter does not specifically address public consumption of medical cannabis products, it does prohibit the consumption of medical cannabis products on the premises of a dispensary or a