LINCOLN- After legislation backed by Nebraska's attorney general seeking to ban THC products stalled in the Legislature this year, Mike Hilgers' office targeted nine more THC storefronts in another consumer protection lawsuit filed this week. In the 39-page complaint filed in Lancaster County District Court, Hilgers' office accused those operating Midwest Smoke Shop stores across the state of engaging in deceptive and harmful trade practices and seeking to "ensnare Nebraska’s most vulnerable consumers: teenagers and children."

The state's attorneys broadly alleged that Midwest Smoke — the front-facing brand name of at least nine individually owned THC shops in Lincoln, Omaha and Gretna — sold THC vapes and edibles to Nebraska children and "has caused serious harm and hospitalization." The office did not provide any evidence linking them to sales to children or any hospital-related incidents.

A spokeswoman for Hilgers' office declined to provide further details on the alleged harm Midwest Smoke is purported to have caused Nebraska children, noting the lawsuit is "now in active litigation." Altogether, the lawsuits are just one prong of Hilgers' multifaceted attempt to crack down on THC products that have been available at various dispensary-type shops in Nebraska for nearly three years.

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