Medical marijuana and Nebraska
Before 1930, Fremont, Neb., farm fields were plush with hemp (cannabis), not corn. A large factory in Fremont processed hemp to make cords to bind wheat. When hemp production was banned by the U.S. government in the 1930s, the hemp plants remained and went “feral” in the ditches and riverbeds of Nebraska. Today, throughout Nebraska, marijuana and hemp grow well and wild from the Missouri River to the Wyoming state line. The tall cannabis plants provide coverage and food (seeds) for pheasants.