NE for Medical Marijuana
(KFOR NEWS October 1, 2021) With more than 250 active volunteers mobilizing in communities across the state, supporters of medical cannabis are launching their signature drive Saturday to put medical cannabis on the November ballot in 2022. Led by a team of families and advocates who have built a grassroots movement to protect patients who need access to cannabis to alleviate serious health conditions, the circulators plan to take advantage of the crowds near the football game in Lincoln to kick off their effort.
NMM, the campaign committee backing the effort, is asking Nebraska voters to sign two statutory medical cannabis initiatives that work together to protect qualified patients from criminal penalties and regulate private businesses that provide medical cannabis. Patients are required to have a written recommendation from a licensed health care provider to qualify for the program. To make it on the ballot, supporters will need to collect 87,000 verified voter signatures for each petition by July 7, 2022.
Over the past several years, Nebraska parents and families with children suffering from severe illnesses have called on state lawmakers to enact more compassionate cannabis policies. But a small and powerful group of political leaders have repeatedly blocked those efforts.
Nicole Hochstein, NMM’s regional volunteer coordinator for Cedar County, is the mother of Jayen, an…
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NE for Medical Marijuana
(KFOR NEWS October 1, 2021) With more than 250 active volunteers mobilizing in communities across the state, supporters of medical cannabis are launching their signature drive Saturday to put medical cannabis on the November ballot in 2022. Led by a team of families and advocates who have built a grassroots movement to protect patients who need access to cannabis to alleviate serious health conditions, the circulators plan to take advantage of the crowds near the football game in Lincoln to kick off their effort.
NMM, the campaign committee backing the effort, is asking Nebraska voters to sign two statutory medical cannabis initiatives that work together to protect qualified patients from criminal penalties and regulate private businesses that provide medical cannabis. Patients are required to have a written recommendation from a licensed health care provider to qualify for the program. To make it on the ballot, supporters will need to collect 87,000 verified voter signatures for each petition by July 7, 2022.
Over the past several years, Nebraska parents and families with children suffering from severe illnesses have called on state lawmakers to enact more compassionate cannabis policies. But a small and powerful group of political leaders have repeatedly blocked those efforts.
Nicole Hochstein, NMM’s regional volunteer coordinator for Cedar County, is the mother of Jayen, an…
