{"id":906,"date":"2012-11-02T07:05:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T07:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2012-11-02T07:05:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T07:05:39","slug":"medical-marijuana-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-industry-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana Industry News"},"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\/medical-marijuana-industry-news\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-cross.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"red cross\" title=\"red cross\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20330\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-2\/attachment\/red-cross\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20330\" title=\"red cross\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-cross-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>East Coast Still Recovering from Hurricane Sandy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sandy is perhaps the worst storm to hit the Northeast in modern history.\u00a0 The region is still trying to recover from the incident as many are still without power.\u00a0 Entire homes and lives have been lost and <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\">marijuana.net <\/a>continues to extend our wishes out to those impacted.\u00a0 We are donating water and food to collection centers in the New York area.\u00a0 We hope everyone comes together and rebuilds the east coast better than ever.\u00a0 We were pleased to see Governor Chris Christie and President Obama work together in what is becoming a rare bi-partisan moment.\u00a0 Many are unable to help, but many can.\u00a0 Below you can click on a link to the Red Cross with instructions on how you can help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/hurricane-sandy?scode=RSG00000E017&amp;subcode=paiddonationsbrand&amp;gclid=CIuezJCesbMCFcRa4Aod8GgA7g\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/hurricane-sandy?scode=RSG00000E017&amp;subcode=paiddonationsbrand&amp;gclid=CIuezJCesbMCFcRa4Aod8GgA7g\" target=\"_blank\">Click here if you are interested in Contributing to the Red Cross<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legalized Marijuana Likely To Pass In Washington State&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana reform has been gaining momentum for years now.\u00a0 The conversation is usually centered around decriminalization and medical marijuana legislation.\u00a0 However, as citizens demand more personal freedom and science highlights the benign nature of marijuana, recreation legalization has gained momentum.\u00a0 Colorado, Washington, and Oregon will all\u00a0 be voting on legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana.\u00a0 The situation looks good for advocates in Washington State as many politicians and members of law enforcement have supported initiative 502 for quite some time. However, residents who will be voting seem to be demonstrating overwhelming support for the bill.\u00a0 In a recent poll of likely voters Washington residents indicated by a margin of 55.4-37.6.\u00a0 Check out for our election coverage next week as we discuss the presidency as well as the outcome of many bills that pertain to marijuana reform.\u00a0 Residents also seem likely to pass a bill that will legalize same sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/local\/connelly\/article\/Same-sex-marriage-marijuana-likely-to-pass-4000795.php\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/local\/connelly\/article\/Same-sex-marriage-marijuana-likely-to-pass-4000795.php\" target=\"_blank\">For more about the situation in Washington State click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arkansas Sees Big Dollars Spent For and Against Medical Marijuana Bill&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Above we mentioned the bill in Washington State that seems likely to pass on Tuesday.\u00a0 In Arkansas the fate of their medical marijuana initiative may be less certain.\u00a0 There is considerable support for the bill but also many who oppose the idea.\u00a0 Arkansas has the chance to become the first state in the deep south to have a medical marijuana program.\u00a0 In the true spirit of the political season, a great deal of money has been spent on trying to get initiative passed.\u00a0 Arkansans for Compassionate Care has raised $419,000 and spent $406,000 with almost all of the money going toward television ads.\u00a0 Marijuana.net will report on whether or not the initiative passes next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/ap\/ap\/health\/ark-medical-marijuana-backers-raise-419k\/nStJ2\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-cross.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"red cross\" title=\"red cross\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20330\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medical-marijuana-industry-news-2\/attachment\/red-cross\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20330\" title=\"red cross\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/red-cross-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>East Coast Still Recovering from Hurricane Sandy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sandy is perhaps the worst storm to hit the Northeast in modern history.\u00a0 The region is still trying to recover from the incident as many are still without power.\u00a0 Entire homes and lives have been lost and <a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\">marijuana.net <\/a>continues to extend our wishes out to those impacted.\u00a0 We are donating water and food to collection centers in the New York area.\u00a0 We hope everyone comes together and rebuilds the east coast better than ever.\u00a0 We were pleased to see Governor Chris Christie and President Obama work together in what is becoming a rare bi-partisan moment.\u00a0 Many are unable to help, but many can.\u00a0 Below you can click on a link to the Red Cross with instructions on how you can help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/hurricane-sandy?scode=RSG00000E017&amp;subcode=paiddonationsbrand&amp;gclid=CIuezJCesbMCFcRa4Aod8GgA7g\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/hurricane-sandy?scode=RSG00000E017&amp;subcode=paiddonationsbrand&amp;gclid=CIuezJCesbMCFcRa4Aod8GgA7g\" target=\"_blank\">Click here if you are interested in Contributing to the Red Cross<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legalized Marijuana Likely To Pass In Washington State&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana reform has been gaining momentum for years now.\u00a0 The conversation is usually centered around decriminalization and medical marijuana legislation.\u00a0 However, as citizens demand more personal freedom and science highlights the benign nature of marijuana, recreation legalization has gained momentum.\u00a0 Colorado, Washington, and Oregon will all\u00a0 be voting on legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana.\u00a0 The situation looks good for advocates in Washington State as many politicians and members of law enforcement have supported initiative 502 for quite some time. However, residents who will be voting seem to be demonstrating overwhelming support for the bill.\u00a0 In a recent poll of likely voters Washington residents indicated by a margin of 55.4-37.6.\u00a0 Check out for our election coverage next week as we discuss the presidency as well as the outcome of many bills that pertain to marijuana reform.\u00a0 Residents also seem likely to pass a bill that will legalize same sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/local\/connelly\/article\/Same-sex-marriage-marijuana-likely-to-pass-4000795.php\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/local\/connelly\/article\/Same-sex-marriage-marijuana-likely-to-pass-4000795.php\" target=\"_blank\">For more about the situation in Washington State click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arkansas Sees Big Dollars Spent For and Against Medical Marijuana Bill&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Above we mentioned the bill in Washington State that seems likely to pass on Tuesday.\u00a0 In Arkansas the fate of their medical marijuana initiative may be less certain.\u00a0 There is considerable support for the bill but also many who oppose the idea.\u00a0 Arkansas has the chance to become the first state in the deep south to have a medical marijuana program.\u00a0 In the true spirit of the political season, a great deal of money has been spent on trying to get initiative passed.\u00a0 Arkansans for Compassionate Care has raised $419,000 and spent $406,000 with almost all of the money going toward television ads.\u00a0 Marijuana.net will report on whether or not the initiative passes next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/ap\/ap\/health\/ark-medical-marijuana-backers-raise-419k\/nStJ2\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[222,756,739,183,140,9,51,740,757,1,3,321],"tags":[2800,3329,3312,2761,2718,2631,3313,3330,2899],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906"}],"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=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}