Nebraska

Nebraska cannabis advocates have submitted more than 114,000 signatures for their petition to legalize medical cannabis in the state.

Cannabis advocates in Nebraska are making the state’s third attempt to legalize medical cannabis via a voter ballot initiative.

Cannabis advocates in Nebraska have filed the paperwork for a petition drive seeking to put a medical cannabis legalization question on the state’s 2024 ballot.

The campaigns to legalize medical cannabis in Nebraska weren’t able to collect enough signatures to qualify for November election ballots, but state Sen. Jen Day (D) said she would introduce legalization legislation in the next session.

Nebraska medical cannabis advocates have turned in two petitions exceeding the 87,000-signature threshold for putting medical cannabis reforms on the ballot.

A new survey revealed that 83% of Nebraskans supported the legalization of medical cannabis in 2021 and 2022. 

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana filed a lawsuit against the state’s ballot initiative process which requires signatures from 5% of registered voters in 38 counties, a rule that gives disproportionate power to rural voters.

A medical cannabis proposal in Nebraska labeled as “poison pill” legislation by activists seeks to legalize dispensaries but provides no legal means of cultivating cannabis for commercial purposes.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Rickets recently appeared in an anti-medical cannabis ad claiming that the plant is not medicinal and that the medical cannabis movement is a backdoor for adult-use reforms.

The Nebraska Cannabis Association, launched last week, is the state’s first organization dedicated to lobbying for cannabis policy, advising on regulations, and supporting cannabis industry entrepreneurs.

Cannabis advocates in Nebraska are planning two new initiatives to legalize medical cannabis in the latest attempt to pass cannabis reforms in the state.

Nebraska’s Secretary of State gave final approval for Legal Marijuana Now to become an official political party in the state.

Nebraska’s Legislative Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation to establish a comprehensive medical cannabis program in the state, setting the bill up for a floor vote.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) went full Reefer Madness in his remarks on legalization during a press conference last week, saying “If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids.”

A Nebraska state senator has proposed a measure that would let voters decide whether or not to legalize cannabis via a constitutional amendment in 2022.

Nebraska State Sen. Anna Wishart says she is crafting adult-use legalization language that will be added to a medical cannabis legalization initiative planned for 2022.

Cannabis advocates in Nebraska are regrouping for 2022 after their medical cannabis initiative was struck down in September by the state Supreme Court.

The Lancaster County Sheriff who challenged and blocked Nebraska’s medical cannabis voter initiative said he doesn’t know who paid for the legal work to get the issue in front of the court.

Cannabis activists in Nebraska have submitted 15,000 signatures to establish the Legal Marijuana Now party in the state.

Sheriff Terry Wagner of Lancaster County filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging Nebraska’s medical cannabis voter initiative. Initiative organizers say they will fight and overcome the challenge.

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana have submitted over 182,000 signatures in support of a statewide legalization ballot initiative; the campaign only needs 121,000 of those signatures to be validated to secure the initiative’s spot on the ballot.

Nebraska activists including state Sen. Anna Wishart (D) are pushing again this year to put a medical cannabis legalization question on the November ballot.