LINCOLN, Neb. —

The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission will miss an Oct. 1 deadline to begin doling out registrations to cultivators, manufacturers, transporters and dispensaries after the sudden departure of two commissioners disrupted the body's evaluation process.

The noticeably smaller commission filed into a noticeably smaller room on Tuesday afternoon.

"Due to the resignation of Commissioner Bailey and Commissioner Lowe from the Liquor Control Commission, they are no longer medical cannabis commissioners," Dr. Monica Oldenburg, the commission's chair, said.

In meetings past, Commissioner Bruce Bailey had been a lonely dissenter, pushing for more cannabis cultivators and broader regulations for use.

"Commissioner Bailey had been a voice of reason," Crista Eggers, the director o

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