{"id":536,"date":"2012-08-07T07:52:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T07:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19459"},"modified":"2012-08-07T07:52:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T07:52:54","slug":"marijuana-updates-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-updates-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Updates Across the Country"},"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\/marijuana-updates-across-the-country\/\" 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\/american-flag.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"american flag\" title=\"american flag\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19461\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-updates-across-the-country\/attachment\/american-flag-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19461\" title=\"american flag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/american-flag-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>With the federal government\u2019s refusal to reclassify marijuana, medical cannabis progression has been achieved state by state.\u00a0 Most states have with medical marijuana programs are the result of\u00a0 ballot initiatives and efforts of local residents as state policy makers are unwilling to disobey federal law.\u00a0 The birth of modern medical marijuana got off to a bumpy start, and there may yet be future setbacks.\u00a0 However, in a country that cannot agree on much, it appears we are coming together over compassion, relief, and the law.<\/p>\n<p>In Maine we recently learned of a story that shows how important it is to regulate cannabis and not turn a blind eye .\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.boston.com\/2012-08-05\/business\/33033086_1_marijuana-plants-medical-marijuana-initiative-maine-law\" target=\"_blank\"> Glenn W. Martin<\/a>, a marijuana grower, used to illegally sell his crop to customers in New York and Boston.\u00a0 He has struggled, like many, with rising cost of living and had trouble paying his rising property taxes.\u00a0 Now that Maine has altered their laws, he is allowed to sell to patients and no longer has to hide his skills and the industry that he excels in.\u00a0 Last week Martin said\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m focusing on how to make a high-quality product,\u2019\u2019 and It\u2019s one of the best things to happen in our area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moving across the country, there has been great news coming out of Arizona.\u00a0 Residents of the state passed a marijuana program about two years ago.\u00a0 However, <a href=\"http:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Jan Brewer <\/a>and other state officials made every effort they could to derail the program.\u00a0 Having realized that ultimately the state has little choice but to allow the program to operate, there has been a different tone lately.\u00a0 The governor recently rejected formal letters by 13 county lawyers to stop the program.\u00a0 Ms. Brewer stated that she could not do so and was bound to the resident passed law.\u00a0 It now appears that dispensaries should be operating relatively soon.\u00a0 The town of Gilbert has started things off and is expected to hold a lottery to determine which dispensary applicants will be granted permission to start operating.\u00a0 Six potential dispensaries will be keeping their fingers crossed and hope that their name is on one of the two selected lottery balls drawn.\u00a0 Gilbert has 900 qualified medical marijuana cardholders and overall Arizona has 30,000 approved patients.<\/p>\n<p>It may have taken some time but Arizona finally appears ready to abide by the wishes of its residents.\u00a0 On the side of the country Maine is showing a progressive approach to 40 years of failed laws and is starting to allow a necessary industry from operating in the shadows.\u00a0 Maine and Arizona are on opposite sides of the political spectrum but are showing that relief and compassion has little to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-reform-moving-past-red-vs-blue-state-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\">blue vs. red states<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/american-flag.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"american flag\" title=\"american flag\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19461\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-updates-across-the-country\/attachment\/american-flag-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19461\" title=\"american flag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/american-flag-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>With the federal government\u2019s refusal to reclassify marijuana, medical cannabis progression has been achieved state by state.\u00a0 Most states have with medical marijuana programs are the result of\u00a0 ballot initiatives and efforts of local residents as state policy makers are unwilling to disobey federal law.\u00a0 The birth of modern medical marijuana got off to a bumpy start, and there may yet be future setbacks.\u00a0 However, in a country that cannot agree on much, it appears we are coming together over compassion, relief, and the law.<\/p>\n<p>In Maine we recently learned of a story that shows how important it is to regulate cannabis and not turn a blind eye .\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.boston.com\/2012-08-05\/business\/33033086_1_marijuana-plants-medical-marijuana-initiative-maine-law\" target=\"_blank\"> Glenn W. Martin<\/a>, a marijuana grower, used to illegally sell his crop to customers in New York and Boston.\u00a0 He has struggled, like many, with rising cost of living and had trouble paying his rising property taxes.\u00a0 Now that Maine has altered their laws, he is allowed to sell to patients and no longer has to hide his skills and the industry that he excels in.\u00a0 Last week Martin said\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m focusing on how to make a high-quality product,\u2019\u2019 and It\u2019s one of the best things to happen in our area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moving across the country, there has been great news coming out of Arizona.\u00a0 Residents of the state passed a marijuana program about two years ago.\u00a0 However, <a href=\"http:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Jan Brewer <\/a>and other state officials made every effort they could to derail the program.\u00a0 Having realized that ultimately the state has little choice but to allow the program to operate, there has been a different tone lately.\u00a0 The governor recently rejected formal letters by 13 county lawyers to stop the program.\u00a0 Ms. Brewer stated that she could not do so and was bound to the resident passed law.\u00a0 It now appears that dispensaries should be operating relatively soon.\u00a0 The town of Gilbert has started things off and is expected to hold a lottery to determine which dispensary applicants will be granted permission to start operating.\u00a0 Six potential dispensaries will be keeping their fingers crossed and hope that their name is on one of the two selected lottery balls drawn.\u00a0 Gilbert has 900 qualified medical marijuana cardholders and overall Arizona has 30,000 approved patients.<\/p>\n<p>It may have taken some time but Arizona finally appears ready to abide by the wishes of its residents.\u00a0 On the side of the country Maine is showing a progressive approach to 40 years of failed laws and is starting to allow a necessary industry from operating in the shadows.\u00a0 Maine and Arizona are on opposite sides of the political spectrum but are showing that relief and compassion has little to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-reform-moving-past-red-vs-blue-state-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\">blue vs. red states<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[155,284,52,251,285,157,286,56,9,50,51,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2733,2862,2632,2829,2863,2735,2864,2636,2630,2631,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536"}],"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=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}