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		<title>Alcohol Is More Than Twice As Harmful As Marijuana: Study</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/11/08/alcohol-is-more-than-twice-as-harmful-as-marijuana-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 8, 2011 &#8211; Alcohol causes far more damage to users and to society than does the use of marijuana, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the journal of the British Association of Psychopharmacology. Researchers at the Imperial College of London looked at &#8220;the relative physical, psychological, and social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Economics of Marijuana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 18, 2011 &#8211; An advertisement for Oaksterdam University reads &#8220;Cannabis Industry Now Hiring,&#8221; along with claims to a salary between $50,000 and $100,000 dollars. To the average American, such an ad would surely be deemed a joke &#8212; but in Oaksterdam, a district in downtown Oakland lined with medical marijuana dispensaries, training centers, head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Marijuana: The Pros and Cons of Legal Cannabis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 25, 2010 &#8211; With eight states looking to legalize medical marijuana through legislative initiatives or ballot measures this November (Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota)(1), I wanted to review some of the pros and cons, as I see them, of marijuana use and abuse. I&#8217;ve considered myself particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Measure Shows State&#8217;s Conflicted Link to Pot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 27, 2010 &#8211; SAN FRANCISCO — California has a long history of defying conventional wisdom on the issue of marijuana, including its embrace of the drug in the 1960s and its landmark medical pot law 14 years ago. So it may not be all that surprising that a November ballot measure to legalize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Marijuana Doesn&#8217;t Affect Driving Performance</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/01/study-marijuana-doesnt-affect-driving-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s something most seasoned pot smokers already know, but still it&#8217;s nice to get more scientific confirmation: Marijuana doesn&#8217;t make you wreck your car. Subjects show almost identical driving skills just before and just after smoking marijuana, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Investigators from Hartford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana: Medicine, State Revenue, or a &#8220;Gateway Drug&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/19/marijuana-medicine-state-revenue-or-a-gateway-drug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 19, 2010 &#8211; Tomorrow is April 20th. Often, this date is shortened to “4/20.” According to a 2007 Associated Press article titled “Drug Study Words,” 4/20, 420, or 4:20 “stands for April 20 or the time 4:20. Years ago 4:20 pm was deemed the time of day to get high and April 20 became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Ohioans Support Medical Marijuana, Pollsters Say, But State Lawmakers Shy Away</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/11/most-ohioans-support-medical-marijuana-pollsters-say-but-state-lawmakers-shy-away/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/11/most-ohioans-support-medical-marijuana-pollsters-say-but-state-lawmakers-shy-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 11, 2010 &#8211; Although polls show most people in Ohio support the legalization of medical marijuana, politicians in the state aren&#8217;t eager to tackle the issue. COLUMBUS, Ohio &#8211; Ohioans of all races, income levels, educational backgrounds and ideologies tell pollsters that they support allowing Ohio doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sting Urges U.S. to End the War on Drugs</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/01/sting-urges-u-s-to-end-the-war-on-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/01/sting-urges-u-s-to-end-the-war-on-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 1, 2010  – Whether it&#8217;s music, activism or daily life, the one ideal to which I have always aspired is constant challenge &#8212; taking risks, stepping out of my comfort zone, exploring new ideas. I am writing because I believe the United States must do precisely that &#8212; and so, therefore, must all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Prospect of Marijuana Legalization Brings Out &#8220;Reefer Madness&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/03/30/california-prospect-of-marijuana-legalization-brings-out-reefer-madness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 20, 2010 &#8211; Pastor Ron Allen of Sacramento is one of the leaders of a coalition of cops and clergy who say legalizing marijuana will lead to the use of harder drugs and only cause more problems for society. For Allen, this is also a personal crusade. He was a crack cocaine addict for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Marijuana Debate: Heads vs. Feds Recap</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/03/10/heads-vs-feds-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday March 4, 2010 a group of patients from Alabamians for Compassionate Care took a trip to Mobile, Alabama to attend the Heads vs. Feds debate between long time High Times Editor Steve Hager and retired DEA agent Robert Stutman which took place at the University of South Alabama. For those of you unfamiliar [...]]]></description>
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