{"id":532,"date":"2012-08-06T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T07:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19447"},"modified":"2012-08-06T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T07:21:12","slug":"la-councilman-shows-marijuana-appeal-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/la-councilman-shows-marijuana-appeal-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Councilman Shows Marijuana Appeal Growing"},"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\/la-councilman-shows-marijuana-appeal-growing\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"1020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bill-rosendahl.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"bill rosendahl\" title=\"bill rosendahl\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19452\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/la-councilman-shows-marijuana-appeal-growing-2\/attachment\/bill-rosendahl\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19452\" title=\"bill rosendahl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bill-rosendahl-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The move to ban dispensaries in the City of Los Angeles devastated patients and advocates not only in the area, but across the nation.\u00a0 Los Angeles has become the epicenter for the medical marijuana movement with sick patients moving their so they can pursue relief.\u00a0 While this move stings, it is not even clear if it will stick.\u00a0 The move by the<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/jul\/25\/local\/la-me-0725-pot-ban-20120725\" target=\"_blank\"> Los Angeles City Council<\/a> directly contradict a ruling by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/2dca.htm\" target=\"_blank\">California\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> District Court of Appeals<\/a>, which stated weeks ago that municipalities do not have the right to ban marijuana dispensaries.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, we would like to look farther ahead than the day to day politics of marijuana, which in a frenzied election season are sure to change daily.\u00a0 Last week marijuana.net posted a story that shows just how far the perception of marijuana has evolved.\u00a0 Los Angeles City <a href=\"http:\/\/cd11.lacity.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Councilman Bill Rosendahl<\/a> announced to the L.A. Times that he has been a medical marijuana patient himself for over ten years.\u00a0 The councilman said he medicates with cannabis to help alleviate symptoms related to neuropathy.\u00a0 Last week he revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer, explaining his absence from City Hall meetings and perhaps another reason he will medicate with cannabis.\u00a0 Mr. Rosendahl said he would have had a tough time without medical cannabis and the neuropathy makes his feet \u201cred hot with pain.\u201d\u00a0 Many politicians have admitted to previous marijuana use but usually chalk it up misguided decisions made in their youth.\u00a0 Few elected officials admit to <strong><em>currently <\/em><\/strong>smoking marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>President Bill Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1992\/03\/30\/news\/30iht-bill_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">famously admitted to smoking marijuana<\/a>, but he carefully tiptoed the political line and said he did not inhale.\u00a0 Under his administration many federal raids of marijuana dispensaries were carried out.\u00a0 Our current president, Barack Obama, <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/25\/book-details-obamas-pot-smoking-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\">admitted to frequent marijuana use <\/a>in his earlier years only to now direct his agents toward the largest crackdown in medical marijuana\u2019s 16 years.\u00a0 Although Bill Rosendahl is not the president, he may represent the next phase of balancing marijuana and politics.\u00a0 Is it crazy to think that one day a sitting president of the United States will also hold a medical marijuana card?<\/p>\n<p>That day may yet be a ways off but Bill Rosendahl is showing that America is ready for the truth.\u00a0 With approximately<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2012\/05\/poll_shows_74_of_americans_support_medical_marijua.php\" target=\"_blank\"><sub> 75% of the nation<\/sub><\/a> supporting a doctor\u2019s right to prescribe cannabis, the game has changed.\u00a0 The future looks bright and we were glad to see that people came out in support of Mr. Rosendahl.\u00a0 His admission lets patients know they are not on their own, and that one of their own represents them.\u00a0 We at marijuana.net look forward to Bill Rosendahl\u2019s return to the Los Angeles City Council, and his continued pursuit of providing compassion and relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"1020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bill-rosendahl.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"bill rosendahl\" title=\"bill rosendahl\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19452\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/la-councilman-shows-marijuana-appeal-growing-2\/attachment\/bill-rosendahl\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19452\" title=\"bill rosendahl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/bill-rosendahl-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The move to ban dispensaries in the City of Los Angeles devastated patients and advocates not only in the area, but across the nation.\u00a0 Los Angeles has become the epicenter for the medical marijuana movement with sick patients moving their so they can pursue relief.\u00a0 While this move stings, it is not even clear if it will stick.\u00a0 The move by the<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/jul\/25\/local\/la-me-0725-pot-ban-20120725\" target=\"_blank\"> Los Angeles City Council<\/a> directly contradict a ruling by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/2dca.htm\" target=\"_blank\">California\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> District Court of Appeals<\/a>, which stated weeks ago that municipalities do not have the right to ban marijuana dispensaries.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, we would like to look farther ahead than the day to day politics of marijuana, which in a frenzied election season are sure to change daily.\u00a0 Last week marijuana.net posted a story that shows just how far the perception of marijuana has evolved.\u00a0 Los Angeles City <a href=\"http:\/\/cd11.lacity.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Councilman Bill Rosendahl<\/a> announced to the L.A. Times that he has been a medical marijuana patient himself for over ten years.\u00a0 The councilman said he medicates with cannabis to help alleviate symptoms related to neuropathy.\u00a0 Last week he revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer, explaining his absence from City Hall meetings and perhaps another reason he will medicate with cannabis.\u00a0 Mr. Rosendahl said he would have had a tough time without medical cannabis and the neuropathy makes his feet \u201cred hot with pain.\u201d\u00a0 Many politicians have admitted to previous marijuana use but usually chalk it up misguided decisions made in their youth.\u00a0 Few elected officials admit to <strong><em>currently <\/em><\/strong>smoking marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>President Bill Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1992\/03\/30\/news\/30iht-bill_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">famously admitted to smoking marijuana<\/a>, but he carefully tiptoed the political line and said he did not inhale.\u00a0 Under his administration many federal raids of marijuana dispensaries were carried out.\u00a0 Our current president, Barack Obama, <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/25\/book-details-obamas-pot-smoking-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\">admitted to frequent marijuana use <\/a>in his earlier years only to now direct his agents toward the largest crackdown in medical marijuana\u2019s 16 years.\u00a0 Although Bill Rosendahl is not the president, he may represent the next phase of balancing marijuana and politics.\u00a0 Is it crazy to think that one day a sitting president of the United States will also hold a medical marijuana card?<\/p>\n<p>That day may yet be a ways off but Bill Rosendahl is showing that America is ready for the truth.\u00a0 With approximately<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2012\/05\/poll_shows_74_of_americans_support_medical_marijua.php\" target=\"_blank\"><sub> 75% of the nation<\/sub><\/a> supporting a doctor\u2019s right to prescribe cannabis, the game has changed.\u00a0 The future looks bright and we were glad to see that people came out in support of Mr. Rosendahl.\u00a0 His admission lets patients know they are not on their own, and that one of their own represents them.\u00a0 We at marijuana.net look forward to Bill Rosendahl\u2019s return to the Los Angeles City Council, and his continued pursuit of providing compassion and relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[241,210,283,242,45,52,168,243,204,56,9,244,51,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2819,2788,2861,2820,2628,2632,2746,2821,2782,2636,2822,2631,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532"}],"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=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}