{"id":512,"date":"2012-08-01T07:45:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T07:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19377"},"modified":"2012-08-01T07:45:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T07:45:43","slug":"can-the-aurora-shooting-make-us-rethink-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/can-the-aurora-shooting-make-us-rethink-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Can The Aurora Shooting Make Us Rethink 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\/can-the-aurora-shooting-make-us-rethink-medical-marijuana\/\" 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\/guns-and-weed1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"guns and weed\" title=\"guns and weed\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19379\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/can-the-aurora-shooting-make-us-rethink-medical-marijuana\/attachment\/guns-and-weed-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19379\" title=\"guns and weed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/guns-and-weed1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Now that we are about a week and a half beyond the horrific shooting in the Aurora movie theater during a premiere of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1345836\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d<\/a>, we are still trying to deal with the shock of what occurred.\u00a0 We would like to extend our condolences to the families of the victims in the Aurora shooting.<\/p>\n<p>There is simply no reason to detail the disturbing events as almost everyone is already familiar with the tragedy at the Aurora movie theater.\u00a0 This article was not written to get into a <a href=\"http:\/\/caselaw.lp.findlaw.com\/data\/constitution\/amendment02\/\" target=\"_blank\">second amendment <\/a>debate.\u00a0 The country seems evenly divided on gun rights but we do have to ask exactly why it is that the right to self-defense force enjoys much more protection than the right to seek self-relief?\u00a0 Should they not at least be equal?\u00a0 Firearms are responsible for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuitmagazine.com\/top-stories\/21077-gun-violence-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\">thousands of U.S. deaths <\/a>every year opponents of marijuana are still eagerly awaiting the first death attributed solely to marijuana use.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the right to bear arms is necessary, but we know for sure the right to relief is absolutely a right we should all be entitled to.\u00a0 As mentioned before the country is evenly divided on gun ownership yet gun rights are protected by politicians with unusual vigor.\u00a0 However, a physician\u2019s right to prescribe cannabis is supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2012\/05\/poll_shows_74_of_americans_support_medical_marijua.php\" target=\"_blank\">almost 75% of the country<\/a>, though by far fewer elected officials.\u00a0 We live in a representative democracy and we have to start to wonder exactly when is it that lawmakers will start to resemble us.\u00a0 They certainly do not talk or dress like most of us so is it not in their job description to push for legislation that is in line with what we want and not lobbyist interests?<\/p>\n<p>However politicians are similar to us in one way, they also seem to have no clue as to why James Holmes walked into that movie theater armed to the teeth.\u00a0 What drives someone to acquire weapons and then indiscriminately open fire without a care to individuals or their families?\u00a0 It should only be a matter of time before politicians blame video games.\u00a0 However blaming that familiar suspect is far too simple an explanation as millions play video games but only a micro percentage of the population storm into public places with the intent to take down as many people as they can.\u00a0 We cannot solve this problem quickly but we can solve one other problem troubling this nation.\u00a0 In the amount of time it would take for the ink to dry on a bill, we could solve the issue of intolerable pain, lack of compassion, and an inability to understand.\u00a0 Our government could legalize medical marijuana.\u00a0 Senseless violence is difficult to stop, so it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/guns-and-weed1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"guns and weed\" title=\"guns and weed\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19379\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/can-the-aurora-shooting-make-us-rethink-medical-marijuana\/attachment\/guns-and-weed-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19379\" title=\"guns and weed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/guns-and-weed1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Now that we are about a week and a half beyond the horrific shooting in the Aurora movie theater during a premiere of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1345836\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d<\/a>, we are still trying to deal with the shock of what occurred.\u00a0 We would like to extend our condolences to the families of the victims in the Aurora shooting.<\/p>\n<p>There is simply no reason to detail the disturbing events as almost everyone is already familiar with the tragedy at the Aurora movie theater.\u00a0 This article was not written to get into a <a href=\"http:\/\/caselaw.lp.findlaw.com\/data\/constitution\/amendment02\/\" target=\"_blank\">second amendment <\/a>debate.\u00a0 The country seems evenly divided on gun rights but we do have to ask exactly why it is that the right to self-defense force enjoys much more protection than the right to seek self-relief?\u00a0 Should they not at least be equal?\u00a0 Firearms are responsible for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuitmagazine.com\/top-stories\/21077-gun-violence-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\">thousands of U.S. deaths <\/a>every year opponents of marijuana are still eagerly awaiting the first death attributed solely to marijuana use.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the right to bear arms is necessary, but we know for sure the right to relief is absolutely a right we should all be entitled to.\u00a0 As mentioned before the country is evenly divided on gun ownership yet gun rights are protected by politicians with unusual vigor.\u00a0 However, a physician\u2019s right to prescribe cannabis is supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2012\/05\/poll_shows_74_of_americans_support_medical_marijua.php\" target=\"_blank\">almost 75% of the country<\/a>, though by far fewer elected officials.\u00a0 We live in a representative democracy and we have to start to wonder exactly when is it that lawmakers will start to resemble us.\u00a0 They certainly do not talk or dress like most of us so is it not in their job description to push for legislation that is in line with what we want and not lobbyist interests?<\/p>\n<p>However politicians are similar to us in one way, they also seem to have no clue as to why James Holmes walked into that movie theater armed to the teeth.\u00a0 What drives someone to acquire weapons and then indiscriminately open fire without a care to individuals or their families?\u00a0 It should only be a matter of time before politicians blame video games.\u00a0 However blaming that familiar suspect is far too simple an explanation as millions play video games but only a micro percentage of the population storm into public places with the intent to take down as many people as they can.\u00a0 We cannot solve this problem quickly but we can solve one other problem troubling this nation.\u00a0 In the amount of time it would take for the ink to dry on a bill, we could solve the issue of intolerable pain, lack of compassion, and an inability to understand.\u00a0 Our government could legalize medical marijuana.\u00a0 Senseless violence is difficult to stop, so it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[236,52,166,118,237,238,56,9,51,70,239,240,1,3,61],"tags":[2814,2632,2744,2696,2815,2816,2636,2631,5,2817,2818,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512"}],"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=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}