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		<title>End the War on Pot</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/10/28/end-the-war-on-pot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 28th, 2010 &#8211; I dropped in on a marijuana shop here that proudly boasted that it sells “31 flavors.” It also offered a loyalty program. For every 10 purchases of pot — supposedly for medical uses — you get one free packet. “There are five of these shops within a three-block radius,” explained the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decriminalizing Marijuana would Devastate Drug Cartels</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/03/30/decriminalizing-marijuana-would-devastate-drug-cartels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 30, 2010 &#8211; One step forward: California voters will get a chance in November to decide if the state should legalize marijuana. Two steps backward: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently told authorities in Mexico that the United States was looking at anything that worked to fight the drug cartels killing Mexicans daily &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparison &#8211; Alcohol vs. Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/02/22/comparison-alcohol-vs-marijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Marijuana is far less addictive than alcohol. Dependence: How difficult it is for the user to quit, the relapse rate, the percentage of people who eventually become dependent, the rating users give their own need for the substance and the degree to which the substance will be used in the face of evidence that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There Has NEVER Been a Recorded Death from Marijuana Overdose!</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/11/13/there-has-never-been-a-recorded-death-from-marijuana-overdose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 13, 2009 &#8211; Contrary to what some politictians and prohibitionists try to tell you there has NEVER been a death from marijuana only overdose! the reason for this is marijuana&#8217;s toxicity level, Its non toxic! you can &#8220;overdose&#8221; easier from water! Studies have shown that the levels it would take to kill a person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Pot Use, Arrests Rising in California</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/11/08/report-pot-use-arrests-rising-in-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 8, 2009 &#8211; Marijuana arrests in California are increasing faster than the nationwide rate, and African Americans are being booked for pot-related crimes much more often than whites, a new report says. But despite the rise in arrests and in the seizure of marijuana plants, use of pot in California has increased slightly, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Laws Prohibiting Marijuana Ethical?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/10/05/are-laws-prohibiting-marijuana-ethical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 5, 2009 &#8211; An Objective, Brief, and Ethical Exploration of a Law Prohibiting Marijuana Marijuana is illegal, but should it be? That is a question that remains unanswered. The road to the illegalization of marijuana began in 1937 when the Marihuana Tax Act was passed. While it didn&#8217;t make the drug illegal, it made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI Figures: One Marijuana Bust every 37 Seconds in 2008</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/09/15/fbi-figures-one-marijuana-bust-every-37-seconds-in-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 15, 2009 &#8211; America is a nation at war, overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and at home. According to the newly released Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Report for 2008 every 18 seconds someone is arrested and charged with violating drug laws. Another striking figure in the report: of the 1,702,537 drug arrests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Prohibition Is A Failure &#8211; Here&#039;s Why</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/09/15/drug-prohibition-is-a-failure-heres-why/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2009/09/15/drug-prohibition-is-a-failure-heres-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article reprinted in full with permission from the 3 Monkeys Guide to Health. The original article can be found here: September 15, 2009 &#8211; The politics and policies of drug prohibition are a failure primarily because they are not effective in actually prohibiting people from obtaining and using drugs, and also because the evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Did New York City Become the Pot-Arrest Capital of the Country?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/09/14/how-did-new-york-city-become-the-pot-arrest-capital-of-the-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the one hand, marijuana is practically legal—more mainstream, accessorized, and taken for granted than ever before. On the other, kids are getting busted in the city in record numbers. Guess which kids. September 14, 2009 &#8211; New York City, New York &#8211; Any righteous cannabisalista knows the timeline, the grand saga of humanity’s interface [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana Use By The Numbers</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/09/11/marijuana-use-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnewstv.wordpress.com/?p=1951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[September 10, 2009 &#8211; The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has once again released their annual survey on &#8220;drug use and health&#8221; &#8212; you know, the one where representatives of the federal government go door-to-door and ask Americans if they are presently breaking state and federal law by using illicit drugs. The same [...]]]></description>
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