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		<title>Canada: Liberal Convention 2012: Federal Grits Vote To Legalize Marijuana</title>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<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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		<title>California: The Color of Pot Legalization Campaign is Green</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/20/california-the-color-of-pot-legalization-campaign-is-green/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/20/california-the-color-of-pot-legalization-campaign-is-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 20, 2010 &#8211; Win or lose, the marijuana legalization measure on November&#8217;s ballot proves one thing: The pot industry has arrived in California politics. Oakland&#8217;s most prominent purveyor of medical cannabis has almost single-handedly financed the Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign — a once-unthinkable occurrence. Election experts say it&#8217;s a sign that the pot industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Raids Highlight Gaps in Medical Marijuana Program</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/06/canada-raids-highlight-gaps-in-medical-marijuana-program/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/06/canada-raids-highlight-gaps-in-medical-marijuana-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 6, 2010 &#8211; Police raids that shut down five compassion clubs in Quebec on Thursday underline some key problems with the federal government&#8217;s medical marijuana distribution program, says the former leader of the Marijuana Party, Marc-Boris St-Maurice. St-Maurice was among 35 people arrested in the raids in Montreal and Quebec City, which targeted clubs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada: Pot Club Busts Only Help Criminals, Tory Senator Says</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/06/canada-pot-club-busts-only-help-criminals-tory-senator-says/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/06/06/canada-pot-club-busts-only-help-criminals-tory-senator-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 6, 2010 &#8211; MONTREAL—Police have done the Mob and street gangs a favour by cracking down on cannabis clubs, say pot decriminalization advocates. They warn that people will now be buying their stuff from criminal networks instead of tax-paying businesses. Thirty-five people were arrested in raids on Quebec’s so-called &#8220;compassion clubs” — storefront outlets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama  &#8216;Firmly Opposes&#8217; Marijuana Legalization as California Vote Looms</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/05/12/obama-firmly-opposes-marijuana-legalization-as-california-vote-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/05/12/obama-firmly-opposes-marijuana-legalization-as-california-vote-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration said Tuesday that it &#8220;firmly opposes&#8221; the legalization of any illicit drugs as California voters head to the polls to consider legalizing marijuana this fall.The president and his drug czar re-emphasized their opposition to legalizing drugs in the first release of its National Drug Control Strategy this morning. &#8220;Keeping drugs illegal reduces [...]]]></description>
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