{"id":16564,"date":"2018-07-31T17:18:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=16564"},"modified":"2018-07-31T17:18:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T21:18:42","slug":"manhattan-da-announces-end-of-needless-criminalization-of-pot-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/manhattan-da-announces-end-of-needless-criminalization-of-pot-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan DA announces end of &#8216;needless criminalization of pot smoking&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehill.com\/sites\/default\/files\/article_images\/marijuana_getty_1.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Smoking weed in NYC is now LEGIT.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance said in a statement that the \u201cneedless criminalization of pot smoking\u201d prevents prosecutors from being able to carry out their duties, and urged lawmakers to legalize marijuana fully.<\/p>\n<p>#News420 #NYCNews #CannabisNews<\/p>\n<p>The Article &#8216;Manhattan DA announces end of &#8216;needless criminalization of pot smoking&#8221; originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/399718-manhattan-da-unveils-new-policy-ending-prosecution-for-marijuana-possession\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/399718-manhattan-da-unveils-new-policy-ending-prosecution-for-marijuana-possession<\/a><br \/>\nJamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking weed in NYC is now LEGIT. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance said in a statement that the \u201cneedless criminalization of pot smoking\u201d prevents prosecutors from being able to carry out their duties, and urged lawmakers to legalize marijuana fully. #News420 #NYCNews #CannabisNews The Article &#8216;Manhattan DA announces end of &#8216;needless criminalization of pot smoking&#8221; originally [&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":[582,586,590,589,565,587,588,585,591,456],"tags":[593,597,596,96,598,594,595,592,523,33],"class_list":["post-16564","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":16317,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/de-blasio-to-nypd-stop-arresting-new-yorkers-smoking-marijuana-on-street\/","url_meta":{"origin":16564,"position":0},"title":"De Blasio to NYPD: stop arresting New Yorkers smoking marijuana on street","date":"May 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"That's right...even the people of color. 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