Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana continue push to ballot
Group working to meet signature goal, get medical marijuana petitions on 2024 ballot
NEBRASKA FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA WERE OUT GATHERING SIGNATURES. THIS MORNING AS PART OF THE LAST CHANCE TO SIGN IN 2023 EVENT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M SARAH FILI ADVOCATES HOPE TO PUT THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF NEBRASKA VOTERS IN THE 2024 ELECTION, AND AS KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S KYLE LARSON REPORTS, THEY’VE ALREADY COLLECTED NEARLY. 60,000 SIGNATURES. ONE PROTECTS THE PATIENT. THE OTHER PROTECTS THE PROVIDER AND ESTABLISHES A REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR THE CANNABIS. CASS MOLLY SCOTT STANDS BEHIND HER POST SATURDAY MORNING IN HOPES OF FILLING THESE TWO SHEETS OF PAPER WITH SIGNATURES. NEBRASKANS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA NEED 87,000 VALID SIGNATURES ON EACH PETITION RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE AT ABOUT 30,000 PER PETITION. IT’S AN ISSUE, SCOTT FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT. PATIENTS THAT NEED CANNABIS FOR SEIZURE DISORDERS OR PAIN. PAIN OR WHATEVER THEIR CONDITION MIGHT BE. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THE THE RIGHT TO HAVE SAFE, REGULATED, CLEAN CANNABIS. IN A STATEMENT SENT TO KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN, JOHN KUHN WITH SMART APPROACHES TO MARIJUANA, NEBRASKA SAID, QUOTE, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA, ONLY THE SAME HIGH POTENCY DRUG THAT IS ABUSED RECREATIONALLY. IT IS NOT PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN OR…