On this edition of Century: Oregon Considers Adopting Ryan’s Law.
On January 23, HR 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, was signed into law. The medical marijuana rider that prevents the DOJ from going after state-legal medical marijuana programs and businesses failed to include Nebraska in the list of states to which that protection is extended. We hear about the potential impact of this and plans for the future from Founder and Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access, Steph Sherer; the Executive Director of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, Crista Eggers; and parent and medical cannabis advocate Dominic Gillen.
Plus, the Oregon Legislature is considering improvements to the state’s medical marijuana program. House Bill 4142, Oregon’s “Ryan’s Law,” was approved by the House Committee on Health Care on February 12. We hear testimony from the Committee’s February 10 public hearing on that measure including from the bill’s lead sponsor, OR State Rep. Farrah Chaichi, Compassionate Oregon’s Anthony Taylor, and Jim Bartell, father of Ryan Bartell, for whom Ryan’s Law is named.
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