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Nebraska AG Targets Drugs, Human Trafficking as Priorities

Doug Peterson
Doug Peterson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson is targeting human traffickers and ingestible marijuana in his first package of legislative priorities.

Peterson on Thursday threw his support behind two bills during a news conference at the Capitol.

One measure by Sen. Jim Scheer of Norfolk would increase penalties for pandering and johns who solicit prostitutes. It also would provide court-supervised support for minors who are trafficked, and allow victims to sue their traffickers.

The second bill by Sen. Matt Williams of Gothenburg proposes increased penalties for possession of K2 and ingestible marijuana.

Current laws treat possession of edibles and K2, dubbed synthetic marijuana, as equivalent to possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. The measure’s supporters aim to eliminate those distinctions, linking marijuana in all forms to cognitive abnormalities.

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