{"id":1002,"date":"2012-11-26T08:28:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T08:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20436"},"modified":"2012-11-26T08:28:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T08:28:06","slug":"election-momentum-and-hurricane-sandy-damage-could-propel-medical-marijuana-in-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/election-momentum-and-hurricane-sandy-damage-could-propel-medical-marijuana-in-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Momentum and Hurricane Sandy Damage Could Propel Medical Marijuana in NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/election-momentum-and-hurricane-sandy-damage-could-propel-medical-marijuana-in-ny\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-city.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"new york city\" title=\"new york city\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20437\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/election-momentum-and-hurricane-sandy-damage-could-propel-medical-marijuana-in-ny\/attachment\/new-york-city-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20437\" title=\"new york city\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-city-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Activists in New York state are demonstrating that timing truly is everything.\u00a0 New York residents have indicated that they support decriminalization measures. Reforming marijuana law also has the support of popular\/powerful<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, who has informed New York legislators that they will receive no raise in pay until they fix the devastating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/issues\/racial-justice\/stop-and-frisk-practices\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStop and Frisk\u201d <\/a>laws.<\/p>\n<p>There has already been considerable momentum across the country to drastically reform marijuana laws following huge victories in Michigan, Colorado, and Washington state.\u00a0 Albany lawmakers stuck in the previous century have mocked such changes, but may finally see the light.\u00a0 The entire 2012 election was an eye opener to those who have been unable to notice a changing electorate.\u00a0 The new voting public no longer wants to waste their money on restricting civil rights and wasting money on the failed War on Drugs.\u00a0 If New York lawmakers wish to avoid filing for unemployment, they too may want to take note of what direction the country is going.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the election momentum, another high profile event may also force New York to consider cost savings measures.\u00a0 Hurricane Sandy has devastated the New York City, Westchester, and Long Island areas.\u00a0 Residents are still trying to recover and it will be along time before places like the Rockaways, Staten Island, Long Beach, Fire Island, or Red Hook will be back to normal.\u00a0 Governor Cuomo has already requested $30 billion from the federal government, but that may not be enough to entirely rebuild the area.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/diane-j-savino\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Senator, Diane Savino<\/a>, of Staten Island (one of the hardest hit areas in NYC) is pushing to make New York the <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\" target=\"_blank\">19<sup>th<\/sup> state to legalize medical marijuana<\/a>.\u00a0 The Senator recently told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=ny+daily+news+medical+marijuana&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a\" target=\"_blank\">NY Daily News<\/a> that \u201cThere is a huge amount of revenue here.\u201d\u00a0 The Senator was referring to the many jobs and tax dollars that could be generated from medical marijuana in the Empire State.<\/p>\n<p>They say it\u2019s important to strike while the iron is hot.\u00a0 There is no better example than New York as reforming marijuana laws are crucial to rebuilding the area.\u00a0 The public wants change, and the finances <strong><em>need<\/em><\/strong> change.\u00a0 New York is known for setting trends and it could impact the entire country if the state legalized medical marijuana.\u00a0 The call for reform was growing before well before Sandy as New York has long had budget concerns.\u00a0 No matter what happens New York will have to take extraordinary steps in order to balance their budget, it may be the perfect time for lawmakers to just listen to the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-city.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"new york city\" title=\"new york city\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20437\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/election-momentum-and-hurricane-sandy-damage-could-propel-medical-marijuana-in-ny\/attachment\/new-york-city-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20437\" title=\"new york city\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-city-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Activists in New York state are demonstrating that timing truly is everything.\u00a0 New York residents have indicated that they support decriminalization measures. Reforming marijuana law also has the support of popular\/powerful<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcuomo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, who has informed New York legislators that they will receive no raise in pay until they fix the devastating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/issues\/racial-justice\/stop-and-frisk-practices\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStop and Frisk\u201d <\/a>laws.<\/p>\n<p>There has already been considerable momentum across the country to drastically reform marijuana laws following huge victories in Michigan, Colorado, and Washington state.\u00a0 Albany lawmakers stuck in the previous century have mocked such changes, but may finally see the light.\u00a0 The entire 2012 election was an eye opener to those who have been unable to notice a changing electorate.\u00a0 The new voting public no longer wants to waste their money on restricting civil rights and wasting money on the failed War on Drugs.\u00a0 If New York lawmakers wish to avoid filing for unemployment, they too may want to take note of what direction the country is going.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the election momentum, another high profile event may also force New York to consider cost savings measures.\u00a0 Hurricane Sandy has devastated the New York City, Westchester, and Long Island areas.\u00a0 Residents are still trying to recover and it will be along time before places like the Rockaways, Staten Island, Long Beach, Fire Island, or Red Hook will be back to normal.\u00a0 Governor Cuomo has already requested $30 billion from the federal government, but that may not be enough to entirely rebuild the area.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/senator\/diane-j-savino\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Senator, Diane Savino<\/a>, of Staten Island (one of the hardest hit areas in NYC) is pushing to make New York the <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\" target=\"_blank\">19<sup>th<\/sup> state to legalize medical marijuana<\/a>.\u00a0 The Senator recently told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=ny+daily+news+medical+marijuana&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a\" target=\"_blank\">NY Daily News<\/a> that \u201cThere is a huge amount of revenue here.\u201d\u00a0 The Senator was referring to the many jobs and tax dollars that could be generated from medical marijuana in the Empire State.<\/p>\n<p>They say it\u2019s important to strike while the iron is hot.\u00a0 There is no better example than New York as reforming marijuana laws are crucial to rebuilding the area.\u00a0 The public wants change, and the finances <strong><em>need<\/em><\/strong> change.\u00a0 New York is known for setting trends and it could impact the entire country if the state legalized medical marijuana.\u00a0 The call for reform was growing before well before Sandy as New York has long had budget concerns.\u00a0 No matter what happens New York will have to take extraordinary steps in order to balance their budget, it may be the perfect time for lawmakers to just listen to the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,166,932,933,934,391,625,56,9,196,392,51,935,70,936,1,3,321,61,937],"tags":[2632,2744,3503,3504,3505,2969,3198,2636,2774,2970,2631,3506,5,3507,2899,6,3508],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}