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	<title>HempNews &#187; Public Policy</title>
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		<title>Drug czar: There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/05/08/drug-czar-there-are-no-good-reasons-to-legalize-marijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 8, 2012 &#8211; R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, on Tuesday denied there was any reason the United States should regulate marijuana the same way it regulates alcohol. “There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana,” he said at an event hosted by the Center for American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Be Blunt: It&#8217;s Time to End the Drug War</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/04/21/lets-be-blunt-its-time-to-end-the-drug-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 21, 2012 &#8211; April 20 is the counter-culture “holiday” on which lots and lots of people come together to advocate marijuana legalization (or just get high). Should drugs—especially marijuana—be legal? The answer is “yes.” Immediately. Without hesitation. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200 seized in a civil asset forfeiture. The war on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Would President Ron Paul&#8217;s Drug Policy Look Like?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/03/02/what-would-president-ron-pauls-drug-policy-look-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Hemp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 2, 2012 &#8211; The average person knows that Ron Paul has an interesting take on almost every issue &#8212; including modern drug policy. The specifics of his beliefs, however, are less well-known, which is where I come in. Below, I detail the different drugs-related legislation that Paul has sponsored or supported and examine various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Legalize Marijuana, former B.C. Attorneys-General say</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/02/15/canada-legalize-marijuana-former-b-c-attorneys-general-say/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2012/02/15/canada-legalize-marijuana-former-b-c-attorneys-general-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Legalization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 15th, 2012 &#8211; Four former B.C. attorneys-general &#8212; Colin Gabelmann, Ujjal Dosanjh, Graeme Bowbrick and Geoff Plant &#8212; are calling for the legalization of cannabis. &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not smoking anything,&#8221; Dosanjh cracked when contacted. &#8220;It&#8217;s just time &#8211; 77 per cent of Canadians are telling us it&#8217;s time to change the law.&#8221; The former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Liberal Convention 2012: Federal Grits Vote To Legalize Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/01/15/canada-liberal-convention-2012-federal-grits-vote-to-legalize-marijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 15, 2012 &#8211; The Liberal Party of Canada has voted to legalize pot. Seventy-seven per cent of delegates at the Liberals&#8217; biennial convention told their party&#8217;s leadership Sunday morning that they want a future Liberal government to legalize marijuana. Their interim leader Bob Rae acknowledged the war on drugs hasn’t worked, but told reporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Marijuana Should Not be Criminalized</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/04/14/canada-marijuana-should-not-be-criminalized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 14, 2011 &#8211; It is hard to understand why Canada criminalizes marijuana. Make it illegal, sure – subject to a fine, as is wearing a face veil in France – but where is the high degree of harm, to others or self, that requires criminal sanction, including jail? The criminal law is not meant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Economics of Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/02/18/the-economics-of-marijuana/</link>
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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>George Soros: Why I Support Legal Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/10/27/george-soros-why-i-support-legal-marijuana/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/10/27/george-soros-why-i-support-legal-marijuana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 27, 2010 &#8211; By GEORGE SOROS &#8211; Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good. The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. Law enforcement agencies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Changes are at Hand for Marijuana Politics</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/10/03/major-changes-are-at-hand-for-marijuana-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/10/03/major-changes-are-at-hand-for-marijuana-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 3, 2010 &#8211; SAN FRANCISCO — The medical-marijuana political movement in America began the night police busted into Dennis Peron&#8217;s apartment with a warrant. They twisted Peron&#8217;s arms behind his back and placed him in handcuffs. They forced Jonathan West, Peron&#8217;s boyfriend, to the ground, and an officer held him there, Peron said, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Medical Marijuana Clubs Mount Court Challenge</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/24/canada-medical-marijuana-clubs-mount-court-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/24/canada-medical-marijuana-clubs-mount-court-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 24, 2010 - Lawyers for 35 people arrested during raids that shut down five compassion clubs in Quebec say they will mount a constitutional challenge to the federal government&#8217;s medical marijuana laws. Supporters of those arrested during the raids on June 3 protested outside the Montreal courthouse Monday. Inside, the 35 were formally charged [...]]]></description>
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