“My motto for this year, after what we experienced last year, is that sometimes the greatest rewards in life are achieved on a path that is rife with challenges,” said Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln, one of the leaders of last year’s nullified petition drive.
She said her LB474, the Medicinal Cannabis Act, would safely regulate medical use of cannibis, while providing access to those it would help. It would not allow the smoking of marijuana as medicine, only its use in other forms, such as oil, cream or pill form.
Wishart and others at the news conference said Nebraska needs to join the 36 other states that have legalized marijuana for medical use instead of waiting for another citizen initiative or for the federal government to do it.