{"id":5056,"date":"2015-11-21T18:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=45350"},"modified":"2015-11-21T18:14:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T18:14:33","slug":"sarah-palin-agrees-marijuana-legalization-is-no-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/sarah-palin-agrees-marijuana-legalization-is-no-big-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin Agrees: Marijuana Legalization Is \u201cNo Big Deal\u201d"},"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\/sarah-palin-agrees-marijuana-legalization-is-no-big-deal\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><strong>Sure, Sarah Palin\u2019s belief that Obama loves to wear mom jeans while Putin spends his free time wrestling bears in Russia&#8217;s outback might seem slightly weird to some, but her solid support of marijuana legalization demonstrates that even the strangest among us have moments of clarity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While speaking with Hugh Hewitt on his conservative talk show, the one time GOP vice presidential nominee and past Alaskan governor noted, &#8220;I look on the national scene and think, wow, of all things to be fighting over and battling over, especially when it comes to medical marijuana. I think, hmm, this is just not my baby,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a stark departure with many in the Grand Old Party who\u2019ve long supported marijuana prohibition, the &#8220;Going Rogue&#8221; author yesterday told Mr. Hewitt of marijuana legalization\u2026 it&#8217;s &#8220;no big deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly stunned by the new reality, Hewitt articulated disbelief that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/02\/legal-weed-becomes-official-in-alaska\/\">The Last Frontier actually legalized recreational marijuana in 2014<\/a>; noting the vote &#8220;didn&#8217;t surprise me.&#8221; <em>Me either.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got that libertarian streak in us.&#8221; <em>As do most<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughhewitt.com\/sarah-palin-new-book-sweet-dreams\/#Marijuana%20Legalization%20\">HughHewitt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photo Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/marijuanamajority.com\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana Majority<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rexK81d--I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sure, Sarah Palin\u2019s belief that Obama loves to wear mom jeans while Putin spends his free time wrestling bears in Russia&#8217;s outback might seem slightly weird to some, but her solid support of marijuana legalization demonstrates that even the strangest among us have moments of clarity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While speaking with Hugh Hewitt on his conservative talk show, the one time GOP vice presidential nominee and past Alaskan governor noted, &#8220;I look on the national scene and think, wow, of all things to be fighting over and battling over, especially when it comes to medical marijuana. I think, hmm, this is just not my baby,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a stark departure with many in the Grand Old Party who\u2019ve long supported marijuana prohibition, the &#8220;Going Rogue&#8221; author yesterday told Mr. Hewitt of marijuana legalization\u2026 it&#8217;s &#8220;no big deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly stunned by the new reality, Hewitt articulated disbelief that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/02\/legal-weed-becomes-official-in-alaska\/\">The Last Frontier actually legalized recreational marijuana in 2014<\/a>; noting the vote &#8220;didn&#8217;t surprise me.&#8221; <em>Me either.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got that libertarian streak in us.&#8221; <em>As do most<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughhewitt.com\/sarah-palin-new-book-sweet-dreams\/#Marijuana%20Legalization%20\">HughHewitt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photo Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/marijuanamajority.com\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana Majority<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rexK81d--I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[855,2437,9,2578,2579,1,3],"tags":[3428,2443,2580,2581],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056"}],"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=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}