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Medical marijuana advocates file ballot initiative with Nebraska secretary of state

February 6, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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State Sens. Anna Wishart and Adam Morfeld filed a proposed constitutional ballot initiative Tuesday for official review with the Secretary of State’s office on behalf of Nebraskans for Sensible Marijuana Laws. The filing shows the group’s intention to place an initiative on the November 2020 ballot. The initiative would give the people of Nebraska the right, if […]

Filed Under: Nebraska Tagged With: Adam Morfeld, Anna Wishart, Constitution of Nebraska, marijuana legalization, medical marijuana, nebraska marijuana

Nebraska State Senators make push for marijuana reform

December 13, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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Nebraska State Senators Anna Wishart and Adam Morefeld announced Thursday they will be leading a new committee to reform marijuana laws in the state. Nebraska for Sensible Marijuana Laws filed its initial paperwork and will focus legalization of medical marijuana. “We will be conducting research to determine the level of support for additional reforms,” Morfeld […]

Filed Under: Nebraska Tagged With: marijuana laws, medical marijuana, Nebraska for Sensible Marijuana Laws, nebraska marijuana

Medical Marijuana Bill Headed to Nebraska Legislative Floor

March 20, 2017 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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LINCOLN — As expected, a legislative committee on Friday advanced a proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska. The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee advanced Legislative Bill 622, sponsored and prioritized by State Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln, 6-1. The bill is sure to be controversial when it reaches the floor. It also faces opposition from Gov. […]

Filed Under: Nebraska Tagged With: marijuana legalization, medical marijuana, nebraska marijuana, Sen. Anna Wishart

Nine States Will Vote for Marijuana Today

November 8, 2016 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

The Green Party’s candidate for US president will be on the ballot in 45 states today; green will be on the ballot in nine. Voters in Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota will decide if they want medical marijuana legal in their states. In Montana, there’s a ballot initiative to redress state legislature action in 2011 […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Policy & Legal Tagged With: arkansas marijuana, California Marijuana, florida marijuana, Legal Marijuana, maine marijuana, marijuana election, marijuana legalization, marijuana voting, medical marijuana, montana marijuana, nebraska marijuana, nevada marijuana, north dakota marijuana, recreational marijuana

Nebraska Medical Marijuana Groups Put Legalization Petition on Hold

May 23, 2016 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska groups pushing for approval of medical marijuana in the state have decided to delay a petition drive to put the question on the ballot because of the time and expense required. Shelley Gillen, whose son Will has epileptic seizures that might be helped by the drug, tells the Lincoln Journal Star backers […]

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Nebraska Groups Want Voters to Decide on Medical Marijuana Measure

May 5, 2016 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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LINCOLN — Proponents of medical marijuana in Nebraska say they will launch a petition drive with the goal of letting voters decide whether to legalize the drug for medicinal purposes in 2018. Three groups that support medical cannabis recently closed the door on putting the question on the November general election ballot, said Maggie Graham, […]

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Nebraska and Oklahoma Take New Tack to Overturn Marijuana Legalization

April 26, 2016 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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Nebraska and Oklahoma are trying again to overturn marijuana legalization in Colorado, this time by asking to intervene in an ongoing court case. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a proposed lawsuitbrought against Colorado by the two states, leaving the states without a court to hear their complaints. Earlier this month, Nebraska and Oklahoma […]

Filed Under: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Policy & Legal Tagged With: Colorado, marijuana legalization, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Medical Marijuana Bill Will Wait Another Year in Nebraska

May 27, 2015 by John Hollon Leave a Comment

Medical Marijuana Bill Nebraska

It appears Nebraskans will wait at least another year for broader legalization of medical marijuana. Bellevue Sen. Tommy Garrett said Tuesday he will ask to have his medical marijuana bill (LB643) tabled until 2016 so he can refine it and attempt to gain more support. The measure advanced from first-round debate on a 27-12 vote […]

Filed Under: Nebraska, Policy & Legal Tagged With: medical marijuana, Nebraska

Marijuana in Wonderland: Making Sense of a Judge’s Anti-Cannabis Ruling

April 21, 2015 by John Hollon 1 Comment

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By Barry Gainsburg “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ” —  Lewis Carroll, from Through the Looking Glass Last week, the U.S. District Court in Northern California declined to declare the federal classification of marijuana […]

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Colorado Asks Supreme Court to Throw Out Marijuana Lawsuit by Other States

March 28, 2015 by John Hollon Leave a Comment

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DENVER – Colorado’s Attorney General on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit brought by her counterparts in Oklahoma and Nebraska over the state’s recreational marijuana marketplace. Oklahoma and Nebraska argue that the flow of marijuana out of Colorado is hurting their states, filling their jails and clogging their court systems […]

Filed Under: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Policy & Legal, Uncategorized Tagged With: Colorado, marijuana legalization, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Nebraska Legislature Digs Into Debate Over Medical Marijuana

March 9, 2015 by John Hollon Leave a Comment

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A fall severed her spinal cord, and a gunpoint robbery six months later shattered her state of mind. Sarah Lyon wasn’t going to wait. Paralyzed up to her chest from the fall and down 50 pounds, she prescribed herself a drug — marijuana — which helped her more than the 11 different pharmaceuticals doctors steered […]

Filed Under: Nebraska, Policy & Legal Tagged With: medical marijuana, Nebraska

Nebraska, Oklahoma in Border War with Colorado Over Legal Marijuana

February 9, 2015 by John Hollon Leave a Comment

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Pueblo West, Colorado — On the front door of the 20,000-square-foot marijuana dispensary here is a laminated sign warning every customer: “It is illegal to sell or transport marijuana to another state.” “And you can guarantee people read it,” said Rick Hooper, general manager of the Spot 420 in this barren part of southern Colorado. […]

Filed Under: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Policy & Legal Tagged With: Colorado, marijuana legalization, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Nebraska, Oklahoma File Federal Suit Against Colorado Over Marijuana Legalization

December 19, 2014 by Rob Meagher Leave a Comment

The states of Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday, claiming that Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana is unconstitutional under federal law. “Federal law undisputedly prohibits the production and sale of marijuana,” Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said Thursday in a statement. “Colorado has undermined the United States Constitution, […]

Filed Under: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Nebraska Law

October 6, 2014 by Rob Meagher

Nebraska: Hemp Research Measure Enacted Into Law Lawmakers have approved legislation, LB 1001, reclassifying industrial hemp as an agricultural product and allowing for state-sponsored research into the plant’s cultivation Governor Dave Heineman signed the measure into law in April. Under the new law, cannabis possessing not more than three-tenths of one percent THC is exempt […]

Filed Under: Nebraska, Policy & Legal

Nebraska lawmakers tout benefits of hemp

August 1, 2014 by AggregatedNews

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lawmakers are expected to debate again next year whether Nebraska should allow expanded research and medical access for hemp, a plant cousin of marijuana. Advocates for the crop gathered at the Capitol on Friday and briefly raised an American flag made of hemp fibers. Supporters are attempting to elevate the hemp […]

Filed Under: Hemp Business Executive, Nebraska, Policy & Legal

Industrial hemp advances in Nebraska

July 1, 2014 by Rob Meagher

Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill on March 27 that dips the state’s toes into industrial hemp production. LB1001, passed 39-2, allows the University of Nebraska and State Department of Agriculture to grow industrial hemp for research. The measure mirrors the new federal farm bill, which makes such research an exception to federal drug laws. After […]

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