Nebraska Attorney General Opines that Medical Marijuana Bill is Unconstitutional

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said the state regulating a federally illegal product would conflict with the Controlled Substances Act.

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Lincoln Journal Star (Neb.)
August 5, 2019

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said Thursday in an opinion that the medical marijuana legalization bill that is parked on the first round of debate in the Nebraska Legislature is unconstitutional.

Peterson said that by the state creating a regulatory scheme to cultivate, process, distribute and sell a product considered federal contraband on an industrial scale would conflict with the purpose and intent of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

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