LINCOLN- Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana said it was nearing the halfway point in its campaign to qualify a pair of petitions that would legalize the use of cannabis for medical treatments for the November ballot.

State Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln, a co-sponsor of the petitions, said the group is on track to gather the 87,000 signatures needed before the July 7 deadline, despite several setbacks earlier this year.

“We are really pulling together a campaign,” Wishart said, “and we’ve got a ton of people who have gotten out of the house to come grab a petition and collect signatures.”

At the start of May, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana had collected roughly 20,000 signatures for each of its two petitions. This week, the campaign reported that 40,000 people had signed petitions.

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