These disturbing moves are also likely serving as trial balloons to test voter appetite for rolling back cannabis reform progress in other states, and MPP is working with allies to defend these crucial achievements for our movement.

Nebraska’s emergency rules for medical cannabis have gotten even worse in their latest iteration. After successfully demanding that regulators add a hard cap on medical cannabis plants, Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed new emergency regulations into law on September 9. As emergency rules, these will need to be replaced with permanent rules.  Outrageously, the emergency rules ban the sale of all edibles, in addition to raw flower and vaporization products. They cap the total number of growers at four and…

The commission that is charged with implementing the companion Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act is trying to kneecap the program.

The bill includes a regulatory framework for legal medical cannabis sales, along with new restrictions.

In November, more than 70% of Nebraska voters legalized the medical use of cannabis for any condition where the practitioner believes “the potential benefits of cannabis outweigh the potential harms.”

Cannabis reform progress is facing threats across the country

As we reflect on the past year, it's clear that the landscape of cannabis policy in the United States has continued to evolve.

Most of the results of the 2024 elections are in, and while a large majority of Americans support legalization, cannabis policy reform ballot initiatives received mixed results across the country.

Opponents of medical cannabis are attempting to undermine the 2022 ballot campaign led by Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana. We need your help to stop them.

Medical cannabis advocates in Nebraska are not backing down. Last weekend, volunteers from across the state mobilized to officially launch the #NMM2022 signature drive to qualify a pair of medical cannabis initiatives for the ballot next year.