{"id":4305,"date":"2015-06-21T07:42:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T07:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2015-06-21T07:42:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T07:42:23","slug":"senate-committee-approves-bill-to-stop-federal-crackdowns-on-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/senate-committee-approves-bill-to-stop-federal-crackdowns-on-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee Approves Bill To Stop Federal Crackdowns On Medical Marijuana"},"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\/senate-committee-approves-bill-to-stop-federal-crackdowns-on-medical-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Federal agents would be barred from using tax dollars to crack down on medical marijuana operations in states where it\u2019s legal.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 22-8 to approve the measure, which would block the Department of Justice and DEA from using federal funds to interrupt medical marijuana programs, Huffington Post reports.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, the bill would protect marijuana users and growers in 23 states and the District of Columbia, where medical cannabis is legal.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the state laws, the federal government still does not recognize marijuana as having medicinal benefits.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/featured16.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticklethewire.com\/2015\/06\/12\/senate-committee-approves-bill-to-stop-federal-crackdowns-on-medical-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tickle The Wire \u00bb Senate Committee Approves Bill to Stop Federal Crackdowns on Medical Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Steve Neavling<br \/>\nContact: ticklethewire.com#sthash.DkihpHPO.dpuf<br \/>\nPhoto Credit: ABC News<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticklethewire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tickle The Wire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal agents would be barred from using tax dollars to crack down on medical marijuana operations in states where it\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/06\/senate-committee-approves-bill-to-stop-federal-crackdowns-on-medical-marijuana\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1597,9,1,3],"tags":[4165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305"}],"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=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}