{"id":12915,"date":"2017-03-27T16:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=12915"},"modified":"2017-03-27T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:59:50","slug":"bill-would-protect-states-from-federal-marijuana-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/bill-would-protect-states-from-federal-marijuana-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill would protect states from federal marijuana crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.washingtonexaminer.biz\/cache\/r960-fadde60f182e0b8fe747142f261e3150.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>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. It&#8217;s coming. I can smell it,and it smells pretty skunky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that 44 states have legalized marijuana to some extent, the federal government needs to look at the failed drug policies of the past and operate differently&#8221;, Rohrabacher said.<\/p>\n<p>#News420<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washex.am\/2oqR6fA\">http:\/\/washex.am\/2oqR6fA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. It&#8217;s coming. I can smell it,and it smells pretty skunky. &#8220;Now that 44 states have legalized marijuana to some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-12915","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":10906,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/time-for-federal-government-to-follow-states-on-marijuana-reform\/","url_meta":{"origin":12915,"position":0},"title":"Time for federal government to follow states on marijuana reform","date":"November 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"#News420 It's long overdue. 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