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Nebraska:
Attorney General / Former Governor Urge Lawmakers To Ignore
Medical Marijuana Legalization Vote
March 4, 2025
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"Nebraska’s Attorney General and former Governor are urging state lawmakers to halt efforts to adopt a pair of citizen-initiated measures regulating the possession, use, and production of medical cannabis. Some 70 percent of Nebraska voters approved the measures on election day.
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Writing in an op-ed, AG Mike Hilgers and former Governor (now U.S. Senator) Pete Ricketts called on lawmakers to ignore the voters’ will. “The legislature has no duty to act now,” they wrote. “In fact, there are plenty of reasons to not act at all.”
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The duo opined that cannabis is “harmful, easily abused, and is not safe to consume even under medical supervision.” Ricketts, a longtime opponent of marijuana policy reform, has previously alleged: “If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country.”
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<a href="https://norml.org/blog/2025/03/04/nebraska-attorney-general-former-governor-urge-lawmakers-to-ignore-medical-marijuana-legalization-vote/" target="_blank">Nebraska: </a>
<a href="https://norml.org/blog/2025/03/04/nebraska-attorney-general-former-governor-urge-lawmakers-to-ignore-medical-marijuana-legalization-vote/" target="_blank">Attorney General / Former Governor Urge Lawmakers To Ignore</a>
<a href="https://norml.org/blog/2025/03/04/nebraska-attorney-general-former-governor-urge-lawmakers-to-ignore-medical-marijuana-legalization-vote/" target="_blank">Medical Marijuana Legalization Vote</a>
March 4, 2025
.&quot;<a href="https://norml.org/laws/nebraska-penalties-2/" target="_blank">Nebraska’s</a> Attorney General and former Governor are urging state lawmakers to halt efforts to adopt a pair of citizen-initiated measures regulating the possession, use, and production of medical cannabis. Some 70 percent of Nebraska voters approved the measures on election day..Writing in an <a href="https://x.com/PeteRicketts/status/1896300037245943915/photo/1" target="_blank">op-ed</a>, AG Mike Hilgers and former Governor (now U.S. Senator) Pete Ricketts called on lawmakers to ignore the voters’ will. “The legislature has no duty to act now,” they wrote. “In fact, there are plenty of reasons to not act at all.”.The duo opined that cannabis is “harmful, easily abused, and is not safe to consume even under medical supervision.” Ricketts, a longtime opponent of marijuana policy reform, has previously <a href="https://www.wowt.com/2021/03/12/gov-ricketts-if-you-legalize-marijuana-youre-gonna-kill-your-kids/" target="_blank">alleged</a>: “If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country.”.
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[QUOTE="Phoenix68, post: 391365, member: 5589"] [CENTER][SIZE=1]. 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Some [/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6][B]70[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6][B] percent[/B] of Nebraska voters [/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6][B]approved[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6] the measures on [B]election day[/B].[/SIZE] [SIZE=1].[/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B]Writing in an [URL='https://x.com/PeteRicketts/status/1896300037245943915/photo/1']op-ed[/URL], AG [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][SIZE=6][B]Mike Hilgers[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6][B] and former Governor (now U.S. Senator) [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][SIZE=6][B]Pete Ricketts[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6] called on lawmakers to [/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][SIZE=6][B]ignore[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6][B] the voters’ will[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6]. [B]“The legislature has [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][SIZE=6][B]no[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6][B] duty to [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6][B]act[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6][B] now,”[/B] they wrote. 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That’s [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][SIZE=6][B]what [I]the data[/I] shows[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6][B] from [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)][SIZE=6][B]around the country[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=6][B].”[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER][SIZE=1]. [ATTACH type="full" width="250px" size="300x300"]19528[/ATTACH] .[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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