Nebraska: Hands off qualifying conditions!

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."

But the Legislature's General Affairs Committee Chair, Rick Holdcroft, is directing his committee members to rewrite the peoples' law and come up with a specific list of qualifying conditions. This would exclude large numbers of Nebraskans who could benefit from medical cannabis.

The Nebraska Examiner reports, "Holdcroft said he would like his committee to wade through the lists and identify about six conditions that would qualify for access to medical cannabis, though he said he wouldn't object to the Iowa list ... " Iowa's list does not include anxiety, acute pain (such as post-surgery), or insomnia. Holdcroft also cast doubt on including PTSD, which is on Iowa's list.

If you live in Nebraska, tell your senator not to gut the people's law.

Every other medication can be prescribed "off-label" for any condition for which the prescriber believes their patient can benefit. Cannabis has a far better safety profile than many medications.