{"id":294,"date":"2012-06-03T07:02:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T07:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/thomas-fitzgerald-seeing-through-the-smoke-philadelphia-inquirer\/"},"modified":"2012-06-03T07:02:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T07:02:42","slug":"thomas-fitzgerald-seeing-through-the-smoke-philadelphia-inquirer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/thomas-fitzgerald-seeing-through-the-smoke-philadelphia-inquirer\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Fitzgerald: Seeing through the smoke &#8211; Philadelphia Inquirer"},"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\/thomas-fitzgerald-seeing-through-the-smoke-philadelphia-inquirer\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxAyfdfga4pNp0zy3ZhzgC6gy_mg&amp;url=http:\/\/politics.gather.com\/viewArticle.action?articleId%3D281474981365986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/nt1.ggpht.com\/news\/tbn\/rW0APv45heLWCM\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Gather.com<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbqqPDPnJSiiel3IjQuPWEToMjvg&amp;url=http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/nation_world\/156874445.html\"><b>Thomas Fitzgerald: Seeing through the <b>smoke<\/b><\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">They called themselves the Choom Gang, after a slang term for <b>smoking pot<\/b>; 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