{"id":1160,"date":"2013-01-04T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T08:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20541"},"modified":"2013-01-04T08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T08:58:54","slug":"after-an-up-and-down-2012-americans-welcome-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-an-up-and-down-2012-americans-welcome-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"After an Up and Down 2012, Americans Welcome 2013"},"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\/after-an-up-and-down-2012-americans-welcome-2013\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2013\" title=\"2013\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20548\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/after-an-up-and-down-2012-americans-welcome-2013\/attachment\/2013-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20548\" title=\"2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The new year represents a fresh start for everyone.\u00a0 Last year was eventful and saw difficult times especially toward the end. The Newtown school shootings (among the other horrific acts which include3 the Aurora movie theater massacre) and Hurricane Sandy have made the end of this year painful for so many.\u00a0 A tense election and the so-called &#8220;fiscal cliff&#8221; left a sour political taste for many Americans.<\/p>\n<p>However there were many highlights in 2012 as well.\u00a0 The November election saw one of the rarest sights in America.\u00a0 Individual rights were returned to the people in several ways.\u00a0 Several states legalized and\/or voted down amendments to outlaw same sex marriage.\u00a0 Children brought here through no fault of their own illegally, will be allowed to stay since President Obama signed an executive order in June.\u00a0 Of course, there were marijuana victories as well.\u00a0 Connecticut and Massachusetts will join the growing list of states that will provide relief for patients through medical marijuana.\u00a0 New Jersey also served its first patient, after years of bureaucratic delays.\u00a0 Of course, the biggest developments in marijuana reform took place in Colorado and Washington where recreational marijuana will now be taxed, regulated, and distributed by state governments.<\/p>\n<p>The ripple effects from Colorado and Washington appears to be putting pressure on the federal government to stand aside.\u00a0 There is much to look forward to in 2013, including the future of a bill introduced in Congress that would prevent federal agents from interfering with state marijuana laws.\u00a0 The bill, which is being referred to as &#8220;The Citizens Rights Act&#8221; and &#8220;Respect States Act&#8221;.\u00a0 This bill would allow federal law to remain intact, but it would step aside and not take precedence over state laws.\u00a0 Although 2012 was a wild year, we have high hopes for 2013.\u00a0 We wish everyone a happy and safe new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2013\" title=\"2013\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20548\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/after-an-up-and-down-2012-americans-welcome-2013\/attachment\/2013-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20548\" title=\"2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The new year represents a fresh start for everyone.\u00a0 Last year was eventful and saw difficult times especially toward the end. The Newtown school shootings (among the other horrific acts which include3 the Aurora movie theater massacre) and Hurricane Sandy have made the end of this year painful for so many.\u00a0 A tense election and the so-called &#8220;fiscal cliff&#8221; left a sour political taste for many Americans.<\/p>\n<p>However there were many highlights in 2012 as well.\u00a0 The November election saw one of the rarest sights in America.\u00a0 Individual rights were returned to the people in several ways.\u00a0 Several states legalized and\/or voted down amendments to outlaw same sex marriage.\u00a0 Children brought here through no fault of their own illegally, will be allowed to stay since President Obama signed an executive order in June.\u00a0 Of course, there were marijuana victories as well.\u00a0 Connecticut and Massachusetts will join the growing list of states that will provide relief for patients through medical marijuana.\u00a0 New Jersey also served its first patient, after years of bureaucratic delays.\u00a0 Of course, the biggest developments in marijuana reform took place in Colorado and Washington where recreational marijuana will now be taxed, regulated, and distributed by state governments.<\/p>\n<p>The ripple effects from Colorado and Washington appears to be putting pressure on the federal government to stand aside.\u00a0 There is much to look forward to in 2013, including the future of a bill introduced in Congress that would prevent federal agents from interfering with state marijuana laws.\u00a0 The bill, which is being referred to as &#8220;The Citizens Rights Act&#8221; and &#8220;Respect States Act&#8221;.\u00a0 This bill would allow federal law to remain intact, but it would step aside and not take precedence over state laws.\u00a0 Although 2012 was a wild year, we have high hopes for 2013.\u00a0 We wish everyone a happy and safe new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,117,957,1139,56,9,51,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2632,2695,3528,3709,2636,2631,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160"}],"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=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}