{"id":686,"date":"2012-09-10T07:44:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T07:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19882"},"modified":"2012-09-10T07:44:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T07:44:06","slug":"paul-ryan-almost-gives-hope-for-reform-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/paul-ryan-almost-gives-hope-for-reform-advocates\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryan Almost Gives Hope For Reform Advocates"},"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\/paul-ryan-almost-gives-hope-for-reform-advocates\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"214\" height=\"236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-ryan.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"paul ryan\" title=\"paul ryan\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19883\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/paul-ryan-almost-gives-hope-for-reform-advocates\/attachment\/paul-ryan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19883\" title=\"paul ryan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-ryan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The prospects of marijuana becoming a campaign issue seemed dim for most of the presidential race.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/erikkain\/2012\/08\/30\/president-obama-avoids-medical-marijuana-war-on-drugs-questions-in-reddit-ama\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama has avoided<\/a> the issue when engaging in online forums and Mitt Romney had recently told a college crowd he would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/mitt-romney-i-will-fight-medical-marijuana-tooth-and-nail\/\" target=\"_blank\">fight medical marijuana \u201ctooth and nail\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 Whether intentional or not, medical marijuana was front and center, even if for a brief time.<\/p>\n<p>Mitt Romney has been running for president since 2007 with Biden and Obama now holding office for almost 4 years.\u00a0 Paul Ryan represents the only fresh face Americans may not be as familiar with.\u00a0 In a move that most likely upset Romney campaign organizers, Vice Presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/09\/07\/paul-ryan-marijuana-legalization_n_1866180.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Ryan recently stated<\/a> that he felt marijuana should be a state issue.\u00a0 He told a local television network in Colorado, KRDO TV, that \u201cit\u2019s up to Coloradans to decide.\u201d\u00a0 Before activists get their hopes up he also added that medical marijuana \u201cis something that is not a high priority of ours.\u201d The stance makes sense as a growing wing of the Republican Party is seeking to promote state rights, smaller government, and fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign officials for Romney\/Ryan were quick to change the tone.\u00a0 They later released a statement that Paul Ryan agrees with Mitt Romney that marijuana should never be legalized.\u00a0 This is not the first time the two have not seen eye to eye.\u00a0 Mitt Romney has been attacked on many items in Paul Ryan\u2019s controversial \u00a0proposed budget which would make deep cuts to many social programs.\u00a0 The two also differ on abortion as Paul Ryan does not believe in exceptions even for incest, rape, or when a mother\u2019s health is compromised.\u00a0 Additionally, last night on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032608\/vp\/48960361\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMeet The Press\u201d<\/a> Mitt Romney said Republicans were wrong to vote to cut defense spending, even as it was brought to Mr. Romney\u2019s attention that GOP leadership (including Ryan) voted for the cuts.\u00a0 This has seriously brought into question by analysts as to exactly why Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his vice presidential candidate being that the two seem to differ substantially on issues.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps they are worried about their conservative base, a base that has not fully embraced Mitt Romney.\u00a0 However, it is always interesting when a candidate says something in plain language only to have a spokesperson take it back later.\u00a0 Are they trying to have their cake and eat it too by having Ryan curry favor with reform advocates, then turning around and appeasing the \u201ctough on drugs\u201d crowd?\u00a0 Even if Paul Ryan truly does support state rights in this instance, just putting toe in the water is not good enough.\u00a0 Patients have felt mislead by the President so a simple statement alone will not win over this community.\u00a0 The Romney\/Ryan ticket had a chance to win over disenfranchised patients, but instead chose to do what Romney has been famous for, sending conflicting messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"214\" height=\"236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-ryan.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"paul ryan\" title=\"paul ryan\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19883\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/paul-ryan-almost-gives-hope-for-reform-advocates\/attachment\/paul-ryan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19883\" title=\"paul ryan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-ryan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The prospects of marijuana becoming a campaign issue seemed dim for most of the presidential race.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/erikkain\/2012\/08\/30\/president-obama-avoids-medical-marijuana-war-on-drugs-questions-in-reddit-ama\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama has avoided<\/a> the issue when engaging in online forums and Mitt Romney had recently told a college crowd he would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/mitt-romney-i-will-fight-medical-marijuana-tooth-and-nail\/\" target=\"_blank\">fight medical marijuana \u201ctooth and nail\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 Whether intentional or not, medical marijuana was front and center, even if for a brief time.<\/p>\n<p>Mitt Romney has been running for president since 2007 with Biden and Obama now holding office for almost 4 years.\u00a0 Paul Ryan represents the only fresh face Americans may not be as familiar with.\u00a0 In a move that most likely upset Romney campaign organizers, Vice Presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/09\/07\/paul-ryan-marijuana-legalization_n_1866180.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Ryan recently stated<\/a> that he felt marijuana should be a state issue.\u00a0 He told a local television network in Colorado, KRDO TV, that \u201cit\u2019s up to Coloradans to decide.\u201d\u00a0 Before activists get their hopes up he also added that medical marijuana \u201cis something that is not a high priority of ours.\u201d The stance makes sense as a growing wing of the Republican Party is seeking to promote state rights, smaller government, and fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign officials for Romney\/Ryan were quick to change the tone.\u00a0 They later released a statement that Paul Ryan agrees with Mitt Romney that marijuana should never be legalized.\u00a0 This is not the first time the two have not seen eye to eye.\u00a0 Mitt Romney has been attacked on many items in Paul Ryan\u2019s controversial \u00a0proposed budget which would make deep cuts to many social programs.\u00a0 The two also differ on abortion as Paul Ryan does not believe in exceptions even for incest, rape, or when a mother\u2019s health is compromised.\u00a0 Additionally, last night on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032608\/vp\/48960361\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMeet The Press\u201d<\/a> Mitt Romney said Republicans were wrong to vote to cut defense spending, even as it was brought to Mr. Romney\u2019s attention that GOP leadership (including Ryan) voted for the cuts.\u00a0 This has seriously brought into question by analysts as to exactly why Mitt Romney selected Paul Ryan as his vice presidential candidate being that the two seem to differ substantially on issues.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps they are worried about their conservative base, a base that has not fully embraced Mitt Romney.\u00a0 However, it is always interesting when a candidate says something in plain language only to have a spokesperson take it back later.\u00a0 Are they trying to have their cake and eat it too by having Ryan curry favor with reform advocates, then turning around and appeasing the \u201ctough on drugs\u201d crowd?\u00a0 Even if Paul Ryan truly does support state rights in this instance, just putting toe in the water is not good enough.\u00a0 Patients have felt mislead by the President so a simple statement alone will not win over this community.\u00a0 The Romney\/Ryan ticket had a chance to win over disenfranchised patients, but instead chose to do what Romney has been famous for, sending conflicting messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[443,210,476,52,166,477,478,56,9,479,68,51,480,70,481,1,3,73,61],"tags":[3017,2788,3050,2632,2744,3051,3052,2636,3053,2647,2631,3054,5,3055,2651,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686"}],"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=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}