A Nebraska assistant attorney general said he was wrong.
And he sent a mea culpa letter to Sen. Laura Ebke, chairwoman of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, acknowledging the mistake. She read it into the record Thursday during a meeting of the committee.
Testimony that Assistant Attorney General Corey O'Brien had offered at a hearing last week on a bill (LB832) incorrectly indicated that a law passed last session made cannabidiol illegal unless contained in a drug product approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration.
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a naturally-occurring constituent of industrial hemp or cannabis, and some people who live where it is sold legally use it for certain medical conditions.
The opposite of O'Brien's testimony was true.
