Legal Related Nebraska Activists Submit Two Medical Cannabis Initiatives for Next Year’s Ballot by Sophia Vida September 08, 2021 Marijuana activists in the state of Nebraska announced this week that they have submitted two medical marijuana initiatives to legalize medical cannabis. The initiatives are aimed to be put on the state's 2022 ballot. The ad...
Legal Related Nebraska Governor Claims Medical Marijuana Legislation Will ‘Kill Your Kids’ by Sophia Vida March 16, 2021 An extreme statement was made by Republican Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts recently over medicinal cannabis legislation. According to the governor, legalizing medical marijuana in the state would kill people's kids and stated,...
Legal Related A Lincoln State Senator Introduces Bill for Medical Marijuana Legislation in Nebraska by Sophia Vida January 19, 2021 Lincoln State Senator Anna Wishart introduced a new bill last week that would legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska. The senator had helped to lead a ballot initiative last year that although had over 190,000 signatures to leg...
Legal Related Nebraska has Pulled Medicinal Marijuana from Ballot by Sophia Vida September 14, 2020 Many voters in Nebraska may be discouraged to learn that the state has pulled medicinal cannabis from the ballot this year. A state Supreme Court ruling Thursday said that the measure set to appear on the November ballot is unc...
Legal Related Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Submits Petition Signatures by Sophia Vida July 16, 2020 Nebraska may be getting a little bit closer to legalizing marijuana as Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana has submitted petition signatures. The campaign has submitted over 182,000 signatures in support of a statewide legalizatio...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana Legislation Debate Is Killed in Nebraska by Sophia Vida May 16, 2019 Medicinal cannabis was debated on this week in Nebraska for several hours but didn't do much after that. "Honestly, this was my colleagues' chance to do something, and I was giving them the decision on whether they wanted to ta...
Legal Related Nebraska Legislature’s Judiciary Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill by Sophia Vida May 11, 2019 The Judiciary Committee of Nebraska's Legislature has approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana this week. The bill, which passed with an overwhelming vote of 5-1, will now move along to the full legislature for considerati...
Legal Related This Many Signatures Are Needed to Get Marijuana on Nebraska’s Ballot by Sophia Vida February 08, 2019 The ballot initiative, "Nebraskans for Sensible Marijuana Laws," began in Omaha on Thursday night. 130,000 signatures are needed to put medical marijuana legalization before voters in 2020 and both Sen. Anna Wishart and Sen. Ad...
Legal Related Attorney General Warns Nebraska about Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida January 22, 2019 Attorney General Doug Peterson does not support Nebraska's plans to legalize medical marijuana and he is being very vocal about it. According to Peterson, its the marijuana industry that is pushing to legalize medical marijuana...