Iowa State Rep. Clel Baudler flew to California last May with the express purpose of obtaining a medical marijuana card fraudulently. "I have a hate for illegal drug use," says Baudler, who claimed he suffered from depression and hemorrhoids, despite later admitting, "I have never had an issue with depression and I don’t even know what hemorrhoids were."

The former state trooper pulled his stunt in an attempt "to show how asinine it would be to legalize medical marijuana.” Baudler opposes efforts to reclassify marijuana in Iowa, which would allow medical use.

Baudler and his son who lives in California went to the the Green Cure Distribution Center and the Inglewood Health Services Center in Los Angeles. At the latter location he was asked to fill out an application.

"I finished this document in under eight minutes, and the only things I lied about were hemorrhoids, depression and I state that I did not have health insurance," Baudler wrote in a newsletter to supporters in October. "Next time I’m in California, I’m going to use my retired State Patrol I.D. card, my Medicare card, and if anyone can think of something more stupid to claim than hemorrhoids let me know. I will do it again just to show that the 'fight for medical marijuana' isn’t for medical purpose at all, it is all about people just wanting to get high.”

Iowa medical-marijuana activists are calling for Baudler's impeachment. "He planned this crime," says Mike Pesce. "We can’t have lawmakers sitting in this Statehouse planning crimes.”

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