Nebraska lawmakers and advocates are considering new paths forward for marijuana reform—including pursuing recreational legalization on the 2024 ballot or convening a special legislative session to pass medical cannabis in the interim—after state officials announced that a medically focused reform campaign had come up short on signatures to put their measures before voters this year.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) faced a number of complications as they collected signatures for a pair of initiatives, and the secretary of state’s office delivered the news on Monday that they didn’t have enough valid petitions to qualify for the November ballot.
Part of the problem this year was the loss of critical funding. NMM’s Crista Eggers says that the campaign will now consider pivoting to adult-use legalization for the 2024 ballot, which could attract more deep-pocketed donors to help them cross the finish line.
“There is nothing off the table about how we get this done,” Eggers, whose son suffers from epilepsy, told the Nebraska Examiner. “I’m a parent, and I will do whatever it takes, and go to the ends of the Earth, to help my child.”
“We’re going to regroup, we’re going to hurt and we’re going to cry and we’re
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