LINCOLN, Neb. —

It's a similar story each time: A line of sometimes emotional testifiers pleads for a change in direction from the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission.

"I wouldn't trust any of you within 100 feet of my family if I ever need you to care, because you've proven that you cannot be trusted," Dominic Gillen, a supporter of medical cannabis, told the commission during the public comment portion of Monday's meeting.

Then, the commission doesn't budge. The commission is employing stringent market controls on the total number of cultivators and even the number of plants they can grow.

"We actually want it to work and not be so oversaturated that everybody goes out of business and loses their business and everything they've invested," Dr. Monica Oldenburg, the commission's chair

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