The Nebraska Secretary of State announced on Sept. 13 that two ballot initiatives to legalize and regulate medical marijuana were certified for the November ballot. The measures are initiated state statutes that needed valid signatures from 5% of the registered voters (86,499 signatures) in each of two-fifths (38) of Nebraska’s 93 counties. The secretary of state reported that each petition contained over 89,000 valid signatures and met the distribution requirement in 52 counties.
Initiative 437 would legalize the use of up to five ounces of marijuana for medical purposes by qualified patients. Qualified patients would include patients 18 years or older with a written recommendation from a healthcare practitioner or younger than 18 years of age with a written recommendation from a healthcare practitioner, as well as patients with written consent from a parent or guardian.
