MADISON -- One woman in northeast Nebraska says she has found one thing that has aided her battle with lung cancer -- cannabis.

"I don't think that medical treatment should be a political question," said Luke Drozd of Madison.

Drozd met his wife Kelly Lambley at church. After 21 years of marriage and five children, they're now battling her stage-four lung cancer. Lambley says it's destroyed her appetite, physical comfort, and -- often -- peace of mind.

"Let's say, last Christmas, okay, I was 200 pounds. Now I'm 120 pounds [...] I can go days without eating," said Lambley. 

Lambley says she often gets sick after eating. But this past spring, Lambley found that medical marijuana helped that. She's able to keep food down and get rest, not only from aches but from emotional distress, she says.

"My physical pain is related to my mental pain -- when I'm feeling down or upset about my kids or what I face in the future how this will go," Lambley said.

"It brings your flight or fight system and slows you down to the point you can start thinking rational thoughts," Drozd said.

She said she wants to be prescribed marijuana rather than her daily 300 milligrams of morphine, which have inhibited her daily life. 

"I'm house bound now because I can't drive because of the morphine," Lambley said.

Whereas marijuana, her husband with a psychology degree claims, is a healthier option.

"Here's the biggest point I want to make: There's no morphine system, no ablify system, no oxycodone system; but there is an endocanabid system," Drozd said. He continued that he feels it's more natural. He says he's seen it help her anxiety, as it inhibits the body's fight or flight system.

It's part of why Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana and Statewide Campaign Coordinator Crista Eggers are relaunching petitions to allow medical marijuana to be prescribed and regulated.

"It may not be something that touches you today, you may not need to have a conversation with your practitioner about cannabis, but you may tomorrow in which case it becomes your situation," Eggers said.

The proposed initiative will need 176,000 signatures by July to send to the secretary of state in order to get on the November 2022 ballot.