LINCOLN, Neb. —

A legislative hearing pitted a lawmaker against the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission on Friday.

The commission has missed statutory deadlines and lacks the funds to set up an administration, but more than that, State Sen. John Cavanaugh says the group is breaking the rules.

"The Medical Cannabis Commission has no authority to regulate any conduct explicitly allowed under the Patient Protection Act," Cavanaugh said.

Cavanaugh called on the legislature's General Affairs Committee to write to the commission, but that plea got a chilly reception during the morning hearing.

Cavanaugh contends the regulations approved by the commission to limit how much THC a patient can possess—five grams—and which practitioners can recommend cannabis violate the letter of the law.

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