{"id":14274,"date":"2017-10-01T16:21:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=14274"},"modified":"2017-10-01T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T20:21:10","slug":"last-year-there-were-more-arrests-for-marijuana-than-for-violent-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/last-year-there-were-more-arrests-for-marijuana-than-for-violent-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Last year there were more arrests for marijuana than for violent crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.salon.com\/2017\/08\/marijuana.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>#News420 Despite what #USAGSessions thinks, weed smokers are not bad people. Persecution of cannabis users, growers and sellers doesn&#8217;t put violent criminals in jail&#8230;in fact, often forcing the release of violent criminals via early parole to make room for more third strike pot buyers.<br \/>\nTrust me, there were plenty of violent criminals who could&#8217;ve better filled those cells. If our legal system wasn&#8217;t hobbled by the millions incarcerated for wanting to get high and\/or make some money the government can&#8217;t steal through taxation, there would be plenty of room  and funds to keep violent offenders&#8230;like rapists and murderers&#8230;off the street. No need for early parole&#8230;they can stay in for their full sentence&#8230;with money and empty jail cells to spare for their violent cohorts. #ProhibitionIsRacist #EndProhibition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2g1XurI\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2g1XurI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#News420 Despite what #USAGSessions thinks, weed smokers are not bad people. Persecution of cannabis users, growers and sellers doesn&#8217;t put violent criminals in jail&#8230;in fact, often forcing the release of violent criminals via early parole to make room for more third strike pot buyers. Trust me, there were plenty of violent criminals who could&#8217;ve better [&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-14274","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":10926,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/colorado-asked-its-voters-to-end-slavery-as-punishment-it-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":14274,"position":0},"title":"Colorado asked its voters to end slavery as punishment. 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'Steal a little and they throw\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16005,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/science-finds-once-again-that-violent-video-games-dont-turn-people-into-rage-monsters\/","url_meta":{"origin":14274,"position":4},"title":"Science Finds Once Again That Violent Video Games Don&#8217;t Turn People Into Rage Monsters","date":"March 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're one of those people, not unlike our President the idiot, who thinks that violence in video games or on TV pushes people into acts of violence in real life, please think again. Science says you're wrong. 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