{"id":40474,"date":"2014-01-07T18:11:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T01:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/07\/reefer-madness-grips-nation.html"},"modified":"2014-01-08T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T15:16:51","slug":"reefer-madness-grips-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/07\/reefer-madness-grips-nation.html","title":{"rendered":"Reefer Madness Grips Nation!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, not really. But, apparently, the sight of two states legalizing marijuana usage and said states not immediately descending into frenzied anarchy (or slothful munchies) has apparently had an impact on the body politic.<\/p>\n

I did notice a few more folks in one of the downtown parks goofing about with the odor of pot in the air at lunchtime today. Of course, it's illegal for them to be smoking in public, but it's also illegal to be drinking in public, and at least these guys weren't leaving their empties on the ground.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Zachary Cook<\/a><\/span>)\ufeff<\/div>\n

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Legal marijuana support in America soars<\/a>
\n Moral outrage is down and support for legalized marijuana is up.\n <\/p>\n

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Well, not really. But, apparently, the sight of two states legalizing marijuana usage and said states not immediately descending into frenzied anarchy (or slothful munchies) has apparently had an impact on the body politic. I did notice a few more folks in one of the downtown parks goofing about with the odor of pot in … Continue reading “Reefer Madness Grips Nation!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-war-on-drugs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138604,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/11\/trump-wanted-to-punish-sanctuary-cities-by-dumping-released-immigrant-detainees-there.html","url_meta":{"origin":40474,"position":0},"title":"Trump wanted to punish “sanctuary cities” by dumping released immigrant detainees there","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Apr-19 11:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently public safety political retribution is now how the federal government rolls.","rel":"","context":"In "Homeland Security"","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stephen-miller.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stephen-miller.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stephen-miller.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stephen-miller.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/stephen-miller.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132674,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/about-those-three-million-illegal-votes.html","url_meta":{"origin":40474,"position":1},"title":"About those Three Million Illegal Votes","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-17 12:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If Donald Trump truly believes this, then this is a fundamental threat to the United States. 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