Omaha Tribe accuses Nebraska attorney general of retaliation over medical marijuana program

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -The Omaha Tribe claims Nebraska’s attorney general is retaliating against their medical marijuana program by ending negotiations on an unrelated tobacco tax compact.

Tribal Attorney General John Cartier said he received a phone call from the state about the tobacco tax compact an hour before the tribe’s first cannabis commission meeting. The compact would have allowed the tribe and state to share revenue from Nebraska’s tobacco sales tax.

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“It was certainly retaliation. That was what was said explicitly to me over the phone,” Cartier said.

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Cartier said the caller from the Nebraska Attorney General’s office made the connection clear between the tribe’