After lawmakers failed to fill in the details and put guardrails in place around Nebraska’s newly enacted medical cannabis law last year, patients, caregivers and advocates spent much of the year frustrated.
Crista Eggers
A few dozen demonstrators stand Wednesday outside the Nebraska State Office Building, where the Medical Cannabis Commission held a public hearing on proposed emergency regulations.
Former state Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, left, of Lincoln, speaks during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha speaks during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Lia Post uses a walker to make her way to the mic at a Medical Cannabis Commission meeting Wednesday at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Heidi Smith, from left, Jacy Todd and Dennis Stubblefield hold signs Wednesday outside the Nebraska State Office Building, where the Medical Cannabis Commission met to hear public testimony on Nebraska’s proposed medical marijuana rules.
Dennis Stubblefield, left, speaks during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building. “I’m getting sick of the skullduggery,” Stubblfield said. “We need to get what we voted for — that’s what our constitution says. Anything other than that is just underhanded shell-game deals.”
Lia Post speaks during the Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing on emergency regulations for medical marijuana Wednesday at the Nebraska State Office Building. “The rules and regulations of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission — under the influence of Jim Pillen, Pete Ricketts and Mike Hilgers — not only violate my patient’s rights, but also medically harm me while restricting and silencing my health care providers,” Post said.
Tiffany Gustafson speaks during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Edward Williams, vice chair of the Legal Marijuana NOW Nebraska party, claps during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha, from left, medical marijuana advocate Crista Eggers, and former state Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln listen during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Tiffany Gustafson listens during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
Lia Post fans herself with a sign during the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission’s public hearing Wednesday on emergency regulations for medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Office Building.
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