Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts on March 10 said that pushing for marijuana legalization is putting children in danger. “If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids,” Ricketts said at a news conference held by Smart Approaches to Marijuana before a committee hearing. “That’s what the data shows from around the country.” “It’s dangerous to go around the established process we have to determine whether or not drugs are safe and effective,” Ricketts said. A bill (pdf) in the legislature’s Judiciary Committee would legalize medical marijuana recommended by a practicing physician, and the physicians would have control over their patients’ marijuana consumption. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Anna Wishart of Lincoln, allows for the cultivation, processing, and use of cannabis for medical purposes, as well as creating a regulatory and fee structure, oversight board, and enforcement department. Wishart told the committee that “a lot has changed in the hearts and minds of countless Nebraskans …