{"id":15854,"date":"2011-04-18T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalpardon.org\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2011-04-18T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T14:40:51","slug":"jack-layton-calls-for-adult-conversation-on-marijuana-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.nationalpardon.org\/?p=15854","title":{"rendered":"Jack Layton calls for &#8220;adult conversation&#8221; on marijuana legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The time for changing the marijuana laws is long past. Saddling good people with criminal records for something every single person I know has at least tried is clearly absurd.\u00c2\u00a0 So it is nice to see at least one of our party leaders at least calling for a debate on the topic. See the quick clip below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack Layton calls for &#039;adult conversation&#039; on marijuana legalization\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3f5PIfzw-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Footnote: This post was made before the untimely death of Mr. Layton. RIP Jack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time for changing the marijuana laws is long past. Saddling good people with criminal records for something every single person I know has at least tried is clearly absurd.\u00c2\u00a0 So it is nice to see at least one of our party leaders at least calling for a debate on the topic. 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