LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Those not happy with their choices for president this November could find another option on the Nebraska ballot: the Marijuana Party.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Those not happy with their choices for president this November could find another option on the Nebraska ballot: the Marijuana Party.

After raising a heated debate in the Nebraska legislature in its past two sessions, medical marijuana will again be a point of interest in the Capitol when Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln proposes a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Nebraska.

After raising a heated debate in the Nebraska legislature in its past two sessions, medical marijuana will again be a point of interest in the Capitol when Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln proposes a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Nebraska.

LINCOLN — Nebraska finds itself in rarefied air when it comes to medical marijuana.

LINCOLN — Nebraska finds itself in rarefied air when it comes to medical marijuana.

For the first time in Nebraska, legal testing of a marijuana-based drug treatment will begin this summer.

OMAHA (FOX42KPTM) — Nebraska residents will get to vote on whether to make marijuana legal in their state two years from now, that's if one group has its way.

OMAHA (FOX42KPTM) — Nebraska residents will get to vote on whether to make marijuana legal in their state two years from now, that's if one group has its way.

The Medical Cannabis Act has made its way past the first hurdle of many on the road to becoming law in Nebraska.

The Medical Cannabis Act has made its way past the first hurdle of many on the road to becoming law in Nebraska.

LINCOLN — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher said Tuesday that he’s received federal approval to plant the state’s first research plot of industrial hemp.

LINCOLN — Hemp may grow wild across Nebraska, but if you want to make clothing or other products out of the industrial cousin of marijuana, you’ll have to buy it cultivated from Canada.

LINCOLN — Hemp may grow wild across Nebraska, but if you want to make clothing or other products out of the industrial cousin of marijuana, you’ll have to buy it cultivated from Canada.

KEARNEY — Two years after Nebraska legalized the growing of industrial hemp for research purposes, not a single seed has been planted. The delay, some advocates say, is an economic mistake, leaving the state out of the rush to capitalize on the potential of what some call a “magical plant.”

Cannabis is legally grown in Nebraska except the garden serves a much different purpose from the typical assumption.

Cannabis is legally grown in Nebraska except the garden serves a much different purpose from the typical assumption.