{"id":59627,"date":"2013-05-17T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=59627"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:02:30","slug":"quick-twitt-kenny-florian-joins-the-great-weed-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/quick-twitt-kenny-florian-joins-the-great-weed-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Twitt | Kenny Florian Joins The Great Weed Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/kenny-florian.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56950\" title=\"kenny-florian\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/kenny-florian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/kenny-florian.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/kenny-florian-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/kenny-florian-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe hardly make it through a week without a fighter getting suspended for the use of Marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>As the cannabis movement stretches across the country, more and more people are seeking legal use of a once illegal narcotic.<\/p>\n<p>While several states in our country now allow the use of marijuana either recreationally or for medical use, the bodies that govern Mixed Martial Arts refuse to adapt their rules to allow out of competition use and it&#8217;s generating countless problems for fighters as well as garnering a heavy amount of public back lash.<\/p>\n<p>The latest key figure to chime on this situation is former UFC fighter, and current UFC commentator, Kenny Florian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-17-at-9.58.15-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59631\" title=\"Screen Shot 2013-05-17 at 9.58.15 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-17-at-9.58.15-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-17-at-9.58.15-AM.png 509w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-17-at-9.58.15-AM-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-17-at-9.58.15-AM-390x168.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hardly make it through a week without a fighter getting suspended for the use of Marijuana. 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