{"id":373,"date":"2013-10-25T15:54:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannabisworkersrising.org\/?p=373"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:11:15","slug":"like-gay-marriage-medical-marijuana-is-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/like-gay-marriage-medical-marijuana-is-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Like gay marriage, medical marijuana is here to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Los Angeles Times &#8211; <\/em>The consumption of marijuana, practically speaking, is legal in California, and has been since voters passed an initiative legalizing it for medical use in 1996. Despite the failure in 2010 of a ballot initiative that would have legalized the recreational use of pot, everyone and his brother knows that if you want or need to use the drug, legal barriers are mere technicalities. These days, pot is as ubiquitous a social lubricant as pinot noir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-medical-marijuana-gay-marriage-abcarian-20131023,0,3509931.story#axzz2ik7my4uP\">Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Times &#8211; The consumption of marijuana, practically speaking, is legal in California, and has been since voters passed an initiative legalizing it for medical use in 1996. 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