John Kuehn, who co-chairs the Nebraska chapter of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a national anti-marijuana legalization organization, said the ads "are targeted based on issues as they stand in Nebraska."

Kuehn, who left the Legislature last year after deciding not to seek a second term, said the ads are part of an educational campaign “to inform Nebraskans about the broader issues of medical marijuana and the danger it poses.”

The ads from Smart Approaches to Marijuana do not mention, nor are they specific to any single political issue or potential ballot initiative in Nebraska, Kuehn added.

They are produced to counter what he called “inaccuracies that have been portrayed by pro-marijuana advocates within the mainstream media and on entertainment media about marijuana,” whether that be medicinal cannabis or recreational use of the drug.

“It’s an open-ended education effort and part of a statewide coalition that will continue as long as marijuana legalization attempts continue to put Nebraskans at risk,” he said, through traditional and social media, as well as public events.