{"id":16159,"date":"2018-04-07T16:20:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=16159"},"modified":"2018-04-07T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T20:20:09","slug":"recreational-marijuana-bill-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/recreational-marijuana-bill-moves-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational marijuana bill moves forward"},"content":{"rendered":"
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#News420
\nHear that, Connecticut? Thanks to Massachusetts, we “can’t afford to wait”. IMO $100 million in tax revenue is probably an undershoot, as it’s been in nearly every state that legalized. They’ve all been surprised at how much bigger the demand was than they expected.
\nSo…it’s time to make it happen. Now. OR we could let Massachusetts take all that tax revenue. Your call, politicians. You KNOW what WE think (60%+ in favor).<\/p>\n

The Article ‘Recreational marijuana bill moves forward’ originally appeared on http:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/news\/politics\/recreational-marijuana-bill-moves-forward\/1104347666<\/a>
\nJamie’s comments are his own.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#News420 Hear that, Connecticut? Thanks to Massachusetts, we “can’t afford to wait”. IMO $100 million in tax revenue is probably an undershoot, as it’s been in nearly every state that legalized. They’ve all been surprised at how much bigger the demand was than they expected. So…it’s time to make it happen. Now. OR we could […]<\/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":[582,586,590,589,565,587,588,585,591,456],"tags":[593,597,596,96,598,594,595,592,523,33],"class_list":["post-16159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-imho","category-imo","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-opinion-3","category-sharedlink","category-jamie-gray","tag-editorial","tag-imho-blogger","tag-imo","tag-jamiegray","tag-link","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-opinion","tag-blog","tag-jamie-gray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17095,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/whatever-happened-to-the-guy-who-made-the-first-recreational-marijuana-purchase-in-the-us-the-boston-globe\/","url_meta":{"origin":16159,"position":0},"title":"Whatever happened to the guy who made the first recreational marijuana purchase in the US? – The Boston Globe","date":"November 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Nearly five years later, the small, white paper bag is still sitting in Sean Azzariti\u2019s closet, unopened. 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