{"id":6557,"date":"2016-08-21T12:12:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T12:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/?p=6557"},"modified":"2016-08-21T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T12:12:17","slug":"why-this-time-will-be-different-for-marijuana-legalization-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/why-this-time-will-be-different-for-marijuana-legalization-los-angeles-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this time will be different for marijuana legalization &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"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\/why-this-time-will-be-different-for-marijuana-legalization-los-angeles-times\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-dcz4iVefv-X-7IxfKNuy40njVg&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779184147192&amp;ei=7Zm5V8CgCoHB3gHJ9LOgBw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-romero-prop64-marijuana-legalization-20160819-snap-story.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyJegFqz5qqnqRgM-_NCP9JwgPu6ki0u_H1Ib0S5unyOOs6WmF401sh4qcFgLoq2lbvNJKiNMy\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-dcz4iVefv-X-7IxfKNuy40njVg&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779184147192&amp;ei=7Zm5V8CgCoHB3gHJ9LOgBw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-romero-prop64-marijuana-legalization-20160819-snap-story.html\"><b>Why this time will be different for <b>marijuana<\/b> legalization<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">Californians first threatened to legalize recreational <b>marijuana<\/b> by ballot initiative in 1972. 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