Hashish advocates in Nebraska are making their third try and get an initiative to legalize medical hashish to voters as they host a signature drive kickoff right this moment. Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) has twice didn’t get the problem on ballots – in 2020 after the state Supreme Court docket dominated the query’s wording violated the state’s single topic provision for initiatives, and in 2022 after the marketing campaign failed to collect sufficient signatures.
In a press release, the marketing campaign stated the 2022 effort was unsuccessful as a result of the “marketing campaign misplaced two main monetary backers who had offered important funding throughout the preliminary effort, which at the moment helped with the hiring of paid circulators.”
The marketing campaign wants to gather 125,000 uncooked signatures on two complementary petitions by July 3, 2024.
The NMM is co-chaired by state Sen. Anna Wishart (D) and former state Sen. Adam Morfeld (D). Wishart has lengthy backed medical hashish legalization within the state and has sponsored laws within the state Senate with little success.
A College of Nebraska-Lincoln survey from Could 2022 estimated that in 2020 and 2021 83% of Nebraskans supported the reforms. The figures matched inner polling performed by NMM, which 4 80% help for medical hashish legalization within the state.
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