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Nebraska’s Medical Cannabis Commission held a hearing on its updated emergency regulations. It’s the second time the commission has given the public the chance to weigh in as it slowly rolls out rules for the program.”Fighting for my and everyone else’s medical freedom for the past decade has made me a little crazy,” Lia Post, a patient, said. A smaller crowd than last time criticized the group, which has struggled with a lack of direction and funds.READ MORE: Nebraska bill to protect health care practitioners who recommend medical cannabis sails out of committee”People are weary. We are not seeing the result be something we hoped for at the forefront of concerns,” Crista Eggers, executive director of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, said.The commission’s cap on a patient’s THC possession in a 90-day period to just 5 grams and a narrow list of ways patients can take or use cannabis.”We are leaving out options that many patients need, that many practitioners would say, ‘That is what’s best for my patient,'” Eggers said.Commissioner Jim Elworth is the first on the commission to attend a hearing. This week, at the conclusion of a trial of a former petition notary in Grand Island, Nebraska, Attorney General Mike Hilgers said the 2024 medical cannabis initiatives supported by a supermajority of Nebraskans should never have been on the ballot.Hilgers lost a court battle in Lancaster County to toss thousands of signatures last year. That case awaits review in the Nebraska Supreme Court.In the meantime, patients say they are desperate.”If my life in this wheelchair with these scars in this diagnosis does not qualify for compassion and choice, then the phrase ‘respect life’ is nothing more than a political decoration,” Tiffayn Tex Gustafson, a patient, said.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Nebraska’s Medical Cannabis Commission held a hearing on its updated emergency regulations.
It’s the second time the commission has given the public the chance to weigh in as it slowly rolls out rules for the program.
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“Fighting for my and everyone else’s medical freedom for the past decade has made me a little crazy,” Lia Post, a patient, said.
A smaller crowd than last time criticized the group, which has struggled with a lack of direction and funds.
“People are weary. We are not seeing the result be something we hoped for at the forefront of concerns,” Crista Eggers, executive director of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, said.
The commission’s cap on a patient’s THC possession in a 90-day period to just 5 grams and a narrow list of ways patients can take or use cannabis.
“We are leaving out options that many patients need, that many practitioners would say, ‘That is what’s best for my patient,'” Eggers said.
Commissioner Jim Elworth is the first on the commission to attend a hearing.
This week, at the conclusion of a trial of a former petition notary in Grand Island, Nebraska, Attorney General Mike Hilgers said the 2024 medical cannabis initiatives supported by a supermajority of Nebraskans should never have been on the ballot.
Hilgers lost a court battle in Lancaster County to toss thousands of signatures last year. That case awaits review in the Nebraska Supreme Court.
In the meantime, patients say they are desperate.
“If my life in this wheelchair with these scars in this diagnosis does not qualify for compassion and choice, then the phrase ‘respect life’ is nothing more than a political decoration,” Tiffayn Tex Gustafson, a patient, said.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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