Chattanooga NORML Chapter

“Advocates have publicly expressed concerns that the absence was not an oversight. They note that US Senator Pete Ricketts, along with state Attorney General Mike Hilgers, have publicly urged state legislators to reject Nebraska’s voter-approved law. (Ricketts received a ‘F’ grade from ’s Smoke the Vote; he has previously opined, “If you legalize *****na, you’re gonna kill your kids.”) Local lawmakers and regulators also recently enacted emergency rules repealing various aspects of the law, including patients’ access to botanical preparations of .

“For over a decade, top state officials alongside Senator Pete Ricketts have fought medical cannabis at every turn, and now he and Nebraska’s entire federal delegation have allowed our state to be excluded from critical protections,” said Crista Eggars, Executive Director of Nebraskans for Medical Ma*****na. “Voters made their mandate clear in 2024, and now Nebraskans have been left vulnerable because their leaders refuse to respect it.”

NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano echoed Eggars’ sentiments. “Nebraskans decided overwhelmingly in favor of regulating medical cannabis access. Yet far too many of their state and federally elected officials have responded with either indifference or outright hostility. Whether or not one personally supports or opposes cannabis legalization, these efforts to subvert the will of the people are deeply disturbing.”
—NORML

Nebraska Omitted From Federal Protections for Medical Ma*****na States No reference to Nebraska in appropriations rider