WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas is now encircled by states which are—or will be—providing legal access to medical marijuana after Nebraska voters approved medical use on Tuesday.
In Nebraska, the issue that brought the medical marijuana issue to voters may face legal challenges. If it is implemented, Kansas will become one of the few states in the region that has not legalized medical use.
This fall, a special committee for medical marijuana in Kansas met twice to discuss how the issue could be debated in the coming legislative session. One lawmaker on that committee tells KSN that no recommendation has emerged from those meetings, but they’ve discussed the potential tax revenue and heard from those on both sides of the issue.
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“The interim committee asked for another day of meetings, and they’ll have to meet in early January before the session starts to hear a little bit more updates and to provide some direction to the rest of the legislature on what a medical marijuana bill looks like. But that date still needs to be approved by the Legislative Coordinating Committee,” said Dennis “Boog” Highberger (D- Lawrence).