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A first offence with 1 oz or less is a $300 infraction. A second brings up to five days in jail, a third up to seven.

Illegal; charged as manufacturing.

A fine for a first offence, short jail terms after that.[@3]

Any sale is a felony with up to twenty years.

Illegal.[@3]

Voters approved medical cannabis in November 2024; the regulated programme is still being … manufacturer application period in early 2027; this is not a confirmed patient-sales date.[@1,2] [Nebraska's growers face an unfinished route to patient sales.](/history/us-nebraska-medical-supply-chain-delay-2026/)

A first offence with 1 oz or less is a $300 infraction. A second brings up to five days in jail, a third up to seven.[@3]

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upto 1 oz · treatment civil · term Infraction · fine 300 · note First offence, label Second offence up to 1 oz · treatment criminal · term Misdemeanor · prison 5 days · fine 500, label Third offence up to 1 oz · treatment criminal · term Misdemeanor · prison 7 days · fine 500, over 1 oz · upto 1 lb · treatment criminal · term Misdemeanor · prison 3 months · fine 500, over 1 lb · treatment criminal · term Felony · prison 2 years · fine 10000

Illegal; charged as manufacturing.[@3]

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label Growing (manufacture) · treatment criminal · term Felony · prison 20 years · fine 25000 · note Maximum for any amount; manufacture carries up to twenty years

Any sale is a felony with up to twenty years.[@3]

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label Any sale · treatment criminal · term Felony · prison 20 years · fine 25000

Voters approved medical cannabis in November 2024, but the regulated supply chain remains unfinished: as of October 2026 no manufacturers or dispensaries were licensed, with new rules and applications expected in early 2027.[@1,2] [Nebraska's growers face an unfinished route to patient sales.](/history/us-nebraska-medical-supply-chain-delay-2026/)

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Private use and licensed consumption areas.[@3]

Licensed shops since April 2022.[@3,6]

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House Bill 2, the Cannabis Regulation Act, was signed on 12 April 2021; the first licensed recreational sales began on 1 April 2022.[@6]

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