{"id":1484,"date":"2012-03-07T09:41:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T09:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=12797"},"modified":"2012-03-07T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T09:41:20","slug":"super-tuesday-filled-with-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/super-tuesday-filled-with-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Tuesday filled with Highlights"},"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\/super-tuesday-filled-with-highlights\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/super-tueday.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"super tueday\" title=\"super tueday\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12798\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/super-tuesday-filled-with-highlights\/attachment\/super-tueday\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/super-tueday-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While the NCAA tournament will begin later this month, another \u201cMarch Madness\u201d occurred yesterday.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Tuesday\" target=\"_blank\">Super Tuesday<\/a> was the largest vote to take place this year besides the actual presidential election.\u00a0 Ten states participated in the vote Tuesday which treated political junkies to a dramatic day and a guarantee that the race for the Republican nomination will continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mittromney.com\/s\/mitt-ann-2012\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> had a chance to place an almost insurmountable distance between him and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ricksantorum.com\/donatenow\/?gclid=CKLej7WI1K4CFYgRNAodxH-DeQ\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Santorum<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr. Romney may not have ended the race but his 5 wins including the highly coveted Ohio, places him in great position to secure the nomination.\u00a0 Romney also won in Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Idaho while Santorum was victorious in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/newtgingrich360.com\/?gclid=CJqInsGI1K4CFUIQNAodwTljbQ\" target=\"_blank\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> won in Georgia, the state where he served in Congress and launched his political career, and the Alaska caucus takes two weeks to finish completely.<\/p>\n<p>As the battle within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gop.com\/GetConnected\/GetConnected.htm\" target=\"_blank\">GOP<\/a> waged on yesterday, there was another important news story that may have gotten lost during the frantic elections but was a big part of this Super Tuesday.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Biden <\/a>was in Honduras to meet with many Central American leaders, including<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felipe_Calder%C3%B3n\" target=\"_blank\"> Felipe Calderon<\/a>, the president of Mexico who has a firsthand look at the violence and Cartel power due in large to America\u2019s drug policy.\u00a0 Calderon has already implied that the U.S. should consider a new approach as the violence in Mexico has escalated.\u00a0 Mr. Biden may get an earful from the struggling countries in the Central America region as they are looking for desperate help from the U.S, help that does not even need to cost money except for the paper and ink the reformed laws would be written on.\u00a0 Biden said on Monday that \u201cthere is no possibility\u201d of the U.S. enacting legalization efforts.\u00a0 He then followed up by saying it would be worth discussing, which of course only adds to the confusion as to what the U.S. is willing to do to solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Although the political process in the United States can often leave a bitter taste in our mouths, keeping up with current discussions and issues is still necessary in order to have any chance at reform.\u00a0 Besides<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Ron Paul<\/a> (who appears to have little chance of securing the GOP nomination) every candidate including the president seems ready to battle with marijuana advocates and ignore the desperate need for economic and medical reform, all of which marijuana can provide.\u00a0 We hope the community makes it a goal to focus on the next Super Tuesday in 2016, where marijuana reform should be front and center or hopefully it will be an issue we have already moved past.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/EQwrB1vu74c <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/super-tueday.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"super tueday\" title=\"super tueday\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12798\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/super-tuesday-filled-with-highlights\/attachment\/super-tueday\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/super-tueday-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While the NCAA tournament will begin later this month, another \u201cMarch Madness\u201d occurred yesterday.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Tuesday\" target=\"_blank\">Super Tuesday<\/a> was the largest vote to take place this year besides the actual presidential election.\u00a0 Ten states participated in the vote Tuesday which treated political junkies to a dramatic day and a guarantee that the race for the Republican nomination will continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mittromney.com\/s\/mitt-ann-2012\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> had a chance to place an almost insurmountable distance between him and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ricksantorum.com\/donatenow\/?gclid=CKLej7WI1K4CFYgRNAodxH-DeQ\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Santorum<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr. Romney may not have ended the race but his 5 wins including the highly coveted Ohio, places him in great position to secure the nomination.\u00a0 Romney also won in Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Idaho while Santorum was victorious in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/newtgingrich360.com\/?gclid=CJqInsGI1K4CFUIQNAodwTljbQ\" target=\"_blank\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> won in Georgia, the state where he served in Congress and launched his political career, and the Alaska caucus takes two weeks to finish completely.<\/p>\n<p>As the battle within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gop.com\/GetConnected\/GetConnected.htm\" target=\"_blank\">GOP<\/a> waged on yesterday, there was another important news story that may have gotten lost during the frantic elections but was a big part of this Super Tuesday.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Biden <\/a>was in Honduras to meet with many Central American leaders, including<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felipe_Calder%C3%B3n\" target=\"_blank\"> Felipe Calderon<\/a>, the president of Mexico who has a firsthand look at the violence and Cartel power due in large to America\u2019s drug policy.\u00a0 Calderon has already implied that the U.S. should consider a new approach as the violence in Mexico has escalated.\u00a0 Mr. Biden may get an earful from the struggling countries in the Central America region as they are looking for desperate help from the U.S, help that does not even need to cost money except for the paper and ink the reformed laws would be written on.\u00a0 Biden said on Monday that \u201cthere is no possibility\u201d of the U.S. enacting legalization efforts.\u00a0 He then followed up by saying it would be worth discussing, which of course only adds to the confusion as to what the U.S. is willing to do to solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Although the political process in the United States can often leave a bitter taste in our mouths, keeping up with current discussions and issues is still necessary in order to have any chance at reform.\u00a0 Besides<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Ron Paul<\/a> (who appears to have little chance of securing the GOP nomination) every candidate including the president seems ready to battle with marijuana advocates and ignore the desperate need for economic and medical reform, all of which marijuana can provide.\u00a0 We hope the community makes it a goal to focus on the next Super Tuesday in 2016, where marijuana reform should be front and center or hopefully it will be an issue we have already moved past.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/EQwrB1vu74c 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