Public support for legalizing marijuana remains near its all-time high and momentum in favor of reforming America’s failed cannabis criminalization policies continues to grow despite mixed results on election night.
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While a final ruling in the litigation remains pending, voters will nonetheless be able to vote on the ballot measures. Those votes will be counted and results of the vote will be made public.
“The results of this study indicate that legal medical cannabis promotes greater physical activity in those experiencing chronic medical conditions and legal recreational cannabis promotes (even more so) greater physical activity in those not experiencing chronic medical conditions.”
“Historically, government-affiliated sources have either embellished or outright lied about marijuana and its effects. So it’s no wonder that the public doesn’t consider them to be credible sources for marijuana-related information.”
“Our results suggest that adults who use cannabis … experience few significant long-term neural associations in these areas of cognition.”
Statewide polling indicates that between 70 percent and 80 percent of Nebraskans support legalizing medical marijuana access.
Physicians already possess the discretion to prescribe any number of medications, like opioids, which pose far greater risks to health than marijuana. It is appropriate that health care providers possess the same freedom to make medical cannabis-related decisions as they do when choosing to authorize other therapeutic options for their patients.
Cannabis reform advocates in Arkansas, Nebraska, and North Dakota have turned in signatures to place citizens’-initiated measures on the 2024 ballot.