The dual method is intended to prevent violating the state’s single-issue requirement for voter measures, which prompted the state Supreme Court to disqualify a medical cannabis legalization proposal that was meant to be on the 2020 general election ballot. This session, a different attempt in the legislature faltered when backers were unable to assemble adequate votes to override a Republican filibuster.
Following that, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana announced that it was working on a number of ballot measures, as well as a very brief constitutional amendment that would clearly state that “people in the state of Nebraska shall have the right to cannabis in all its forms for medical purposes.”
However, the organization now says it will abandon that wording in pursuit of two distinct statutory measures that will “work in unison.” One would mandate legislators to enact laws creating legal safeguards for patients and physicians when it comes to cannabis, and the other would mandate legislators to enact laws permitting private businesses to manufacture and distribute medical cannabis goods.
