Looming over a hearing on Lincoln Sen. Anna Wishart s bill (LB474) to legalize medical cannabis in Nebraska was a petition drive backers say would enact the broader "right to cannabis
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Only a handful of U.S. states remain holdouts. Will 2021 change that?
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka. | John Hanna/AP Photo
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Marijuana legalization advocates have their eyes on the final frontiers of full prohibition.
Only two states Nebraska and Idaho have never passed any sort of medical marijuana law. There are now movements afoot in both states as well as several others with very restrictive programs to change that as soon as this year.
If the medical marijuana campaigns prevail in those last remaining holdouts, the U.S. could reach a dubious distinction: Cannabis policies in every single state would be in violation of federal law. That’s certain to further ratchet up pressure on Congress and the White House to loosen federal marijuana restrictions, and it could fuel the push to make recreational cannabis legal everywhere