{"id":1074,"date":"2012-12-14T08:19:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20497"},"modified":"2012-12-14T08:19:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T08:19:06","slug":"tragedy-strikes-the-northeast-again-as-our-hearts-go-out-to-the-families-in-newtown-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/tragedy-strikes-the-northeast-again-as-our-hearts-go-out-to-the-families-in-newtown-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes The Northeast Again as Our Hearts Go Out to the Families in Newtown Connecticut"},"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\/tragedy-strikes-the-northeast-again-as-our-hearts-go-out-to-the-families-in-newtown-connecticut\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/newtown.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"newtown\" title=\"newtown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20498\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/tragedy-strikes-the-northeast-again-as-our-hearts-go-out-to-the-families-in-newtown-connecticut\/attachment\/newtown\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20498\" title=\"newtown\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/newtown-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Fresh off of a natural tragedy, the northeast has been trying to rebuild and heal emotional wounds.\u00a0 Families, homes, and massive infrastructure have been devastated.\u00a0 In no way is the rebuilding in the aftermath of Sandy done, but the 12-12-12 telethon and massive money raised was starting to help everyone feel good during an otherwise sad holiday season.\u00a0 The money raised will be vital to rebuilding efforts as the widely unpopular lame duck Congress is now bickering about whether or not they should help the region.\u00a0 Mitt Romney was not the only loser on last month&#8217;s election day.\u00a0 Apparently compassion also was running for another term, but as of now seems to be a few votes short.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll hope that compassion returns because the Northeast just received another unwanted development.\u00a0 By now, we are sure mostly everyone is aware of the tragic shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School.\u00a0 There is no need to recap the events that transpired earlier today.\u00a0 We at <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\">marijuana.net<\/a> would like to extend our deepest condolences to those impacted by this incident.\u00a0 This senseless act of violence accomplishes nothing more than ripping apart innocent lives and families.<\/p>\n<p>Life will never be the same for so many people that live in this community.\u00a0 Areas such as Columbine, Aurora, and Blacksburg are still trying to get over the pain of those shootings.\u00a0 Connecticut has so much work to do as areas such as Norwalk were hit very hard during Sandy.\u00a0 Even as they try to rebuild Coastal Connecticut, emotional rebuilding may never be complete in Newtown.\u00a0 The region needs everyone&#8217;s help.\u00a0 Individuals can send money if they do not live close.\u00a0 They can volunteer and help those in need.\u00a0 However, the most important thing we can do is pay attention.\u00a0 If someone is upset or needs help, a simple conversation may be the most valuable tool.\u00a0 We may not be able to prevent every tragedy (all of the facts of the Newtown shooting are not even known yet) but our only chance is to be good and caring neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/newtown.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"newtown\" title=\"newtown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20498\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/tragedy-strikes-the-northeast-again-as-our-hearts-go-out-to-the-families-in-newtown-connecticut\/attachment\/newtown\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20498\" title=\"newtown\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/newtown-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Fresh off of a natural tragedy, the northeast has been trying to rebuild and heal emotional wounds.\u00a0 Families, homes, and massive infrastructure have been devastated.\u00a0 In no way is the rebuilding in the aftermath of Sandy done, but the 12-12-12 telethon and massive money raised was starting to help everyone feel good during an otherwise sad holiday season.\u00a0 The money raised will be vital to rebuilding efforts as the widely unpopular lame duck Congress is now bickering about whether or not they should help the region.\u00a0 Mitt Romney was not the only loser on last month&#8217;s election day.\u00a0 Apparently compassion also was running for another term, but as of now seems to be a few votes short.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll hope that compassion returns because the Northeast just received another unwanted development.\u00a0 By now, we are sure mostly everyone is aware of the tragic shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School.\u00a0 There is no need to recap the events that transpired earlier today.\u00a0 We at <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\">marijuana.net<\/a> would like to extend our deepest condolences to those impacted by this incident.\u00a0 This senseless act of violence accomplishes nothing more than ripping apart innocent lives and families.<\/p>\n<p>Life will never be the same for so many people that live in this community.\u00a0 Areas such as Columbine, Aurora, and Blacksburg are still trying to get over the pain of those shootings.\u00a0 Connecticut has so much work to do as areas such as Norwalk were hit very hard during Sandy.\u00a0 Even as they try to rebuild Coastal Connecticut, emotional rebuilding may never be complete in Newtown.\u00a0 The region needs everyone&#8217;s help.\u00a0 Individuals can send money if they do not live close.\u00a0 They can volunteer and help those in need.\u00a0 However, the most important thing we can do is pay attention.\u00a0 If someone is upset or needs help, a simple conversation may be the most valuable tool.\u00a0 We may not be able to prevent every tragedy (all of the facts of the Newtown shooting are not even known yet) but our only chance is to be good and caring neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[506,739,9,51,1029,1,3],"tags":[3080,3312,2631,3600],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074"}],"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=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}