Morfeld said he looked forward to finding a time for Peterson to meet with him and the people he described.

"I will clear my schedule," he said.

On the talk show, Peterson said the issue is far more complicated than the notion that 33 states have legalized medical marijuana and 11 states have legalized the recreational form of the drug, so it can't be stopped.

"I'm thinking, as public policymakers we have to be far more responsible than that type of simplistic analysis," he said.

A hearing for a bill (LB110) introduced by Wishart of Lincoln to legalize medical cannabis is scheduled for the afternoon of Jan. 25 in front of the Judiciary Committee.

Peterson said he agreed with Voorhees that legalization of medical cannabis was one step closer to getting what people really want — legalization of recreational marijuana.

"The marijuana industry, I call them the impairment industry because the whole purpose of the product is to impair," he said. "It's an industry that tries to maximize impairment. … There's big money to be made here."

Peterson asked what's driving these senators to push the bills and the initiative petitions.