{"id":1335,"date":"2016-03-09T18:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2016-03-09T18:53:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:53:19","slug":"video-the-real-reason-why-weed-should-be-legalized-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/2016\/03\/09\/video-the-real-reason-why-weed-should-be-legalized-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: The REAL Reason Why Weed Should Be Legalized Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSttZ_tZSwk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWeed, Pot, \u201cThe Reefer\u201d, Marijuana and let\u2019s not forget the more politically correct name \u201cCannabis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably the most controversial subject to talk about in most Florida political circles right now. Doesn\u2019t matter if you&#8217;re a Democrat, Republican, Independent or even Libertarian. Religion comes into play also (whether you like it or not) so it also doesn\u2019t matter if your\u00a0Atheist, Agnostic, Christian or Catholic.<\/p>\n<p><b>There are arguments on both sides from all parties and people of all Faiths.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If we are really honest with ourselves I think the verdict is pretty much out that cannabis is a medicine and there are a lot of sick people out there that need it, however, there is\u00a0also a lot of people that I\u2019m going to label as \u201cstoners\u201d that just want to get high all day every day (usually around <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1281927443\"><span class=\"aQJ\">4:20 pm<\/span><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Yep\u2026 I just said it. And I said it as a\u00a0contributor\u00a0of this blog.<\/p>\n<p>Also, let\u2019s not forget the other \u201cElephant in the room\u201d of the\u00a0<b>possibility\u00a0of it being a gateway drug.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Is this true?<\/p>\n<p>We need to understand the other side of the argument and how people feel without just shoving statistics down peoples throats (and by \u201cpeople\u201d I\u2019m talking mostly about uneducated, religious, Christian conservatives). People that are against cannabis are making it based on an emotional decision because of how they were programmed by society and religion (incorrectly).<\/p>\n<p><b>Most people that were raised in the millennial generation don&#8217;t understand what I&#8217;m talking about, which is why it&#8217;s important to understand things from their (the anti cannabis people) point of view.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video posted above where I (along with several other\u00a0parts of this movement) go before Tampa City Council and make a case to decriminalize weed (I prefer to use the word weed instead of cannabis because it&#8217;s 1 syllable instead of 3 so it&#8217;s quicker to say even though it&#8217;s not as politically correct so start getting used to it) on March 3rd \u00a02016 where it was voted 6 to 1 in our favor.<\/p>\n<p>This means that it&#8217;s likely that instead of getting arrested you&#8217;ll just get a slap on the wrist and a ticket.<\/p>\n<p>I realize that&#8217;s not ultimately what we want, but it is a step in the right direction. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Jurewicz<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motivatedmisfitsonly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.MotivatedMisfitsOnly.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"mantis__recommended__wordpress\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n    MANTIS_RECOMMEND = {\n        property: '556c86bbbf60bd001d672ecb',\n        render: 'mantis__recommended__wordpress'\n    };\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n\tvar z = document.createElement(\"script\");\n\tz.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n\tz.async = true;\n\tz.src = \"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.min.js\";\n\tvar s = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(z, s);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<link href=\"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.3columns.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weed, Pot, \u201cThe Reefer\u201d, Marijuana and let\u2019s not forget the more politically correct name \u201cCannabis\u201d. This is probably the most controversial subject to talk about in most Florida political circles right now. Doesn\u2019t matter if you&#8217;re a Democrat, Republican, Independent or even Libertarian. 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