The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission approved emergency regulations on marijuana dispensaries, cultivators, product manufacturers and transporters at its second-ever meeting Thursday morning.
The regulations include a prohibition on raw plant material like flower, products that can be smoked or vaped, products containing flavoring or coloring and cannabis-infused foods and drinks. Crista Eggers, who leads the advocacy group Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, said the regulations amount to a de facto ban on marijuana for some patients.
"This will clearly prohibit access to a necessary form of medicine that patients will need," she said. "A cancer patient, for instance, who is suffering from wasting syndrome and cannot keep anything down, they need the ability to vaporize or inhale cannabis to relieve their symptoms."
The regulations only allow one dispensary in each of the state's 12 district court judicial districts. That means big cities like Omaha and Lincoln could only have one medical marijuana dispensary each.
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