{"id":862,"date":"2012-10-22T07:17:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T07:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20249"},"modified":"2012-10-22T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T07:17:58","slug":"colorado-medical-marijuana-makes-it-to-60-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/colorado-medical-marijuana-makes-it-to-60-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Medical Marijuana Makes it To 60 Minutes"},"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\/colorado-medical-marijuana-makes-it-to-60-minutes\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/60-minutes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"60 minutes\" title=\"60 minutes\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20250\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/colorado-medical-marijuana-makes-it-to-60-minutes\/attachment\/60-minutes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20250\" title=\"60 minutes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/60-minutes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>With two weeks to go until the presidential election it is no surprise that the race is dominating the news cycle.\u00a0 Other topics have been anxiously awaiting their turn in the limelight but have taken a backseat as the media has left little room for other news.\u00a0 Surprisingly, medical marijuana was able to make it to one of the rare free time slots on major prime time network news.<\/p>\n<p>Last night <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/60minutes\/main3415.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">60 minutes<\/a> described what is being called the \u201cColorado Green Rush\u201d. \u00a0The coverage highlighted several key areas of the marijuana reform movement.\u00a0 For one, the enormous tax dollars that can be collected score big points with even those who are not passionate about reforming marijuana laws.\u00a0 Additionally, 60 minutes highlighted another key area that shows a cultural shift.\u00a0 Medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado outnumber McDonalds and Starbucks <strong><em>combined. <\/em><\/strong>This is why federal intervention is becoming more difficult as 60 minutes suggested.\u00a0 The will of the people is becoming clear and Colorado residents are increasingly supporting marijuana reform.\u00a0 Colorado has a high number of independent voters who are not keen on federal bullying.<\/p>\n<p>While some of this may be familiar to patients, activists, and those in the industry, national prime time stories regarding medical marijuana help the issue to reach people who are not as familiar with the medical marijuana movement.\u00a0 Social media and the internet may cover this topic daily, but the mainstream news is only finally realizing the social and economic impact of the \u201cgreen rush\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0Additionally, while perhaps not perfect, the reporting does seem to shifting toward much fairer and open minded coverage.\u00a0 There is less snickering and scare tactics in most mainstream news coverage of marijuana reform.\u00a0 A second Obama term or a Romney presidency will almost certainly have to deal with medical marijuana, so even more major news coverage is to be expected after the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the political pundits have called the upcoming vote as a \u201cpocketbook election\u201d as the state of the economy is still the number one issue on voter\u2019s minds.\u00a0 If that is the case then it may only be a matter of time and awareness before the American people decide against marijuana incarcerations and leaving tax dollars on the table.\u00a0 Inevitably we seem to be moving toward \u201cpocketbook green laws\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/60-minutes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"60 minutes\" title=\"60 minutes\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20250\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/colorado-medical-marijuana-makes-it-to-60-minutes\/attachment\/60-minutes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20250\" title=\"60 minutes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/60-minutes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>With two weeks to go until the presidential election it is no surprise that the race is dominating the news cycle.\u00a0 Other topics have been anxiously awaiting their turn in the limelight but have taken a backseat as the media has left little room for other news.\u00a0 Surprisingly, medical marijuana was able to make it to one of the rare free time slots on major prime time network news.<\/p>\n<p>Last night <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/60minutes\/main3415.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">60 minutes<\/a> described what is being called the \u201cColorado Green Rush\u201d. \u00a0The coverage highlighted several key areas of the marijuana reform movement.\u00a0 For one, the enormous tax dollars that can be collected score big points with even those who are not passionate about reforming marijuana laws.\u00a0 Additionally, 60 minutes highlighted another key area that shows a cultural shift.\u00a0 Medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado outnumber McDonalds and Starbucks <strong><em>combined. <\/em><\/strong>This is why federal intervention is becoming more difficult as 60 minutes suggested.\u00a0 The will of the people is becoming clear and Colorado residents are increasingly supporting marijuana reform.\u00a0 Colorado has a high number of independent voters who are not keen on federal bullying.<\/p>\n<p>While some of this may be familiar to patients, activists, and those in the industry, national prime time stories regarding medical marijuana help the issue to reach people who are not as familiar with the medical marijuana movement.\u00a0 Social media and the internet may cover this topic daily, but the mainstream news is only finally realizing the social and economic impact of the \u201cgreen rush\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0Additionally, while perhaps not perfect, the reporting does seem to shifting toward much fairer and open minded coverage.\u00a0 There is less snickering and scare tactics in most mainstream news coverage of marijuana reform.\u00a0 A second Obama term or a Romney presidency will almost certainly have to deal with medical marijuana, so even more major news coverage is to be expected after the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the political pundits have called the upcoming vote as a \u201cpocketbook election\u201d as the state of the economy is still the number one issue on voter\u2019s minds.\u00a0 If that is the case then it may only be a matter of time and awareness before the American people decide against marijuana incarcerations and leaving tax dollars on the table.\u00a0 Inevitably we seem to be moving toward \u201cpocketbook green laws\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,700,210,52,166,65,701,56,9,68,51,70,702,1,3,61],"tags":[2642,3273,2788,2632,2744,2644,3274,2636,2647,2631,5,3275,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862"}],"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=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}