{"id":1246,"date":"2012-04-24T15:22:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=14716"},"modified":"2012-04-24T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:22:14","slug":"medical-marijuana-gains-momentum-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-gains-momentum-in-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana Gains Momentum in 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\/medical-marijuana-gains-momentum-in-connecticut\/\" 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\/connecticut-legislators.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"connecticut legislators\" title=\"connecticut legislators\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14723\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-gains-momentum-in-connecticut\/attachment\/connecticut-legislators\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut-legislators-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marijuana culture just experienced its premiere holiday, 420.\u00a0 The entire weekend was full of events and marijuana.net observed and enjoyed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/uncategorized\/winners-of-colorado-cannabis-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012 High Times Medical Marijuana Cannabis Cup in Colorado<\/a>.\u00a0 We noticed a great environment with patients sharing stories and socializing.\u00a0 Although the weekend was fun for the community, it is time to roll the sleeves up and get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Patients in the northeast have been seeing a huge momentum shift toward medical marijuana.\u00a0 Connecticut has now taken a major legislative step toward creating a medical cannabis program for many struggling patients.\u00a0 Connecticut\u2019s State Finance Committee approved a measure to permit medical marijuana.\u00a0 The vote passed easily by a 36-15 margin.\u00a0 The bill will now face further legislative obstacles but support clearly has grown significantly.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ctsenaterepublicans.com\/home-boucher\/\" target=\"_blank\"> State Sen. Toni Boucher<\/a> has been a longtime opponent of medical marijuana in Connecticut.\u00a0 She attempted to attach many amendments to the bill that would limit the rights of physicians and patients.\u00a0 One amendment would only permit marijuana use for terminally ill patients.\u00a0 Every one of her amendments failed to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Federal authorities have been trying to strike at the heart of the medical marijuana industry.\u00a0 This does not mean that every dispensary holds patient safety as their number one priority.\u00a0 However, many do and the government should start to think about its failure to provide quality healthcare for decades and the amount of resources being directed toward combating more affordable and safer medication for America\u2019s sick patients.\u00a0 With the successful events over the 420 weekend across the globe and new states ignoring federal threats in order to help patients, big government actions are ringing hollow.\u00a0\u00a0 Marijuana is quickly becoming a civil rights movement for a new generation.<\/p>\n<p>We realize the federal government has had its feelings hurt by its ineptitude to provide any compassion or relief to its people.\u00a0 Like a scorned lover, federal authorities seem to feel that if they cannot have you then no one can.\u00a0 Fortunately federal laws targeted against American residents is not derailing the enthusiasm and momentum for medical marijuana.\u00a0 The 420 weekend gatherings demonstrated this clearly and Connecticut now joins one of many states considering relief over grief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut-legislators.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"connecticut legislators\" title=\"connecticut legislators\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14723\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-gains-momentum-in-connecticut\/attachment\/connecticut-legislators\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/connecticut-legislators-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Marijuana culture just experienced its premiere holiday, 420.\u00a0 The entire weekend was full of events and marijuana.net observed and enjoyed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/uncategorized\/winners-of-colorado-cannabis-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012 High Times Medical Marijuana Cannabis Cup in Colorado<\/a>.\u00a0 We noticed a great environment with patients sharing stories and socializing.\u00a0 Although the weekend was fun for the community, it is time to roll the sleeves up and get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Patients in the northeast have been seeing a huge momentum shift toward medical marijuana.\u00a0 Connecticut has now taken a major legislative step toward creating a medical cannabis program for many struggling patients.\u00a0 Connecticut\u2019s State Finance Committee approved a measure to permit medical marijuana.\u00a0 The vote passed easily by a 36-15 margin.\u00a0 The bill will now face further legislative obstacles but support clearly has grown significantly.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ctsenaterepublicans.com\/home-boucher\/\" target=\"_blank\"> State Sen. Toni Boucher<\/a> has been a longtime opponent of medical marijuana in Connecticut.\u00a0 She attempted to attach many amendments to the bill that would limit the rights of physicians and patients.\u00a0 One amendment would only permit marijuana use for terminally ill patients.\u00a0 Every one of her amendments failed to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Federal authorities have been trying to strike at the heart of the medical marijuana industry.\u00a0 This does not mean that every dispensary holds patient safety as their number one priority.\u00a0 However, many do and the government should start to think about its failure to provide quality healthcare for decades and the amount of resources being directed toward combating more affordable and safer medication for America\u2019s sick patients.\u00a0 With the successful events over the 420 weekend across the globe and new states ignoring federal threats in order to help patients, big government actions are ringing hollow.\u00a0\u00a0 Marijuana is quickly becoming a civil rights movement for a new generation.<\/p>\n<p>We realize the federal government has had its feelings hurt by its ineptitude to provide any compassion or relief to its people.\u00a0 Like a scorned lover, federal authorities seem to feel that if they cannot have you then no one can.\u00a0 Fortunately federal laws targeted against American residents is not derailing the enthusiasm and momentum for medical marijuana.\u00a0 The 420 weekend gatherings demonstrated this clearly and Connecticut now joins one of many states considering relief over grief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[849,22,52,166,506,9,51,70,1230,1,3,61],"tags":[3422,2623,2632,2744,3080,2631,5,3800,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246"}],"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=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}