{"id":18886,"date":"2017-08-25T13:02:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2017\/08\/25\/colorado-gov-joins-others-in-defending-state-mj-programs\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T00:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T08:43:27","slug":"colorado-gov-joins-others-in-defending-state-mj-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2017\/08\/25\/colorado-gov-joins-others-in-defending-state-mj-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado gov joins others in defending state MJ programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined his counterparts in Alaska, Oregon and Washington State in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/08\/24\/jeff-sessions-marijuana-colorado-letters\/86614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defending his state\u2019s cannabis regulatory regime<\/a> and pushing back against the possibility of federal intervention by the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Hickenlooper is the last of the four governors \u2013 who each received letters from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in July expressing concern about the effects of marijuana legalization \u2013 to respond to Sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Hickenlooper made it clear he believes Colorado has \u201cworked diligently to \u2026 build a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement system that prioritizes public safety and public health,\u201d the Denver<\/p>\n<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/colorado-gov-joins-others-defending-state-marijuana-legalization\/\">Colorado gov joins others in defending state MJ programs<\/a> is a post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\">Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal &amp; Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nRead More: <a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/colorado-gov-joins-others-defending-state-marijuana-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado gov joins others in defending state MJ programs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined his counterparts in Alaska, Oregon and Washington State in defending his state\u2019s cannabis regulatory regime and pushing back against the possibility of federal intervention by the Department of Justice. Hickenlooper is the last of the four governors \u2013 who each received letters from U.S.<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2017\/08\/25\/colorado-gov-joins-others-in-defending-state-mj-programs\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,16,14,861,10,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18887,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18886\/revisions\/18887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}