Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) have submitted well more than enough signatures to put their medical marijuana legalization initiative to a vote this November.
Today, NMM submitted over 110,000 signatures for both of their initiatives: one to legalize medical marijuana and one to protect physicians who recommend it. This exceeds the required 87,000 signatures needed for the proposals to be voted on in November.
The group has also collected the required signatures across at least 38 of the state’s 93 counties for both initiatives, a legal requirement for making the November ballot.
The first initiative aims to legalize the use, possession, and acquisition of limited quantities of cannabis for medical purposes by qualified patients who have a written recommendation from a healthcare practitioner, and it allows caregivers to assist these patients. It would establish the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission to oversee the registration and regulation of individuals involved in the possession, manufacture, distribution, delivery, and dispensing of medical cannabis.
The second initiative would provide legal protections for doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients.
Polling conducted earlier this year by Data Targeting Inc., commissioned by the Neilan Strategy Group, found that 70% of voters in the state support legalizing medical marijuana.
If NMM’s initiatives are passed into law, Nebraska would become the 39th state to legalize medical marijuana.
