Nebraska Attorney General (AG) Mike Hilgers, along with major state law enforcement associations, came out Wednesday in strong opposition to Amendment 1251 to LB677 — a bill and its amendment outlining the implementation of medical marijuana legislation recently mandated by more than 70% of voters on the November 2024 ballot.
Hilgers characterized the 124-page AM1251 as “tearing up the regulatory system the voters passed and, in its place, paving the way for recreational marijuana, supercharging casual use in Nebraska, and significantly weakening public safety.”
The AG was joined by the Nebraska Sheriffs’ Association, the Police Chiefs Association of Nebraska, and other statewide law enforcement leaders in signing a formal letter to Speaker of the Legislature John Arch, outlining their concerns.
“It provides blanket immunity from civil and criminal penalties to unscrupulous health practitioners, and pushes marijuana into every nook and cranny in the state,” Hilgers said.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Executive Director, Crista Eggers, responded Wednesday, saying “we will never stop fighting.”
“There is no greater hypocrisy than Attorney General Hilgers urging the Legislature to respect the will of the voters—after actively working to undermine it at the ballot box, in the courts, and within the Legislature itself. Attorney General Hilgers’ continued legal challenges and now attempts to manipulate the legislature are among the primary reasons why Nebraskans still lack—and may continue to be denied—legal access to safe, regulated medical cannabis,” said Eggers.