{"id":10906,"date":"2016-11-16T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T21:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=10906"},"modified":"2016-11-16T16:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T21:20:21","slug":"time-for-federal-government-to-follow-states-on-marijuana-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/time-for-federal-government-to-follow-states-on-marijuana-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for federal government to follow states on marijuana reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehill.com\/sites\/default\/files\/blogs\/gettyimages-91997114.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>#News420<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s long overdue. More than half the States are on the other side of the law from the Feds. Time to fix it, and make the Federal Government fall into line with the rest of America. Prohibitionist states should be on the wrong side of this issue, not the States in the majority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fCAWfD\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fCAWfD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#News420 It&#8217;s long overdue. More than half the States are on the other side of the law from the Feds. Time to fix it, and make the Federal Government fall into line with the rest of America. Prohibitionist states should be on the wrong side of this issue, not the States in the majority. http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fCAWfD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-10906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12915,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/bill-would-protect-states-from-federal-marijuana-crackdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":10906,"position":0},"title":"Bill would protect states from federal marijuana crackdown","date":"March 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I have great hope that the coming showdown will result in the Federal government giving way to the rights of the 44 states that have a LOT to lose until federal and state policies are aligned. 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Now that a majority of States say that Cannabis should be legal, in one form or another, the Federal Government needs to get the hell out of the way and let States decide how to regulate and manage the Cannabis and Industrial Hemp industry on their own. #News420\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12111,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/sanctuary-cities-whats-at-stake\/","url_meta":{"origin":10906,"position":3},"title":"Sanctuary cities: What&#8217;s at stake?","date":"January 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's unconstitutional to use federal funds to force local agencies to cooperate with the federal government, and yet, it's been done many times. Increase the speed limit above Federal 55?...lose funding. Don't want to comply with #NoChildLeftBehind?...lose funding. 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