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		<title>Canada: Liberal Convention 2012: Federal Grits Vote To Legalize Marijuana</title>
		<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: Toronto Man taking ‘Catch 22’ of Growing Medical Marijuana to Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 29, 2011 &#8211; A Toronto man vowed to challenge a city bylaw that he said stops people from growing medical marijuana at home, on the same day a charge against him was dropped for creating a fire hazard by growing pot in his apartment. Although William Palmer was charged under the Fire Protection and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol Is More Than Twice As Harmful As Marijuana: Study</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/11/08/alcohol-is-more-than-twice-as-harmful-as-marijuana-study/</link>
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		<title>Canada: Government Investing in Opportunities for Hemp Farmers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 3, 2011 &#8211; SASKATCHEWAN &#8211; Members of Parliament have pledged funding for the Composites Innovation Centre (CIC) to study hemp fibers with the goal of making composites that perform better than fiberglass and plastic. &#8220;Finding new and innovative uses for our flax and hemp will greatly benefit farmers and the economy in Western Canada,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/11/03/canada-government-investing-in-opportunities-for-hemp-farmers/</link>
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		<title>Canada: Doctors Refuse to Authorize Marijuana use for Pain Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 1, 2011 &#8211; A decade after Canada legalized the medical use of marijuana, most doctors are still refusing to sign the declarations patients need to get legal access to pot — meaning patients in pain risk being jailed if they use a drug that helps them function. It’s a predicament that threatens to become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/11/01/canada-doctors-refuse-to-authorize-marijuana-use-for-pain-relief/</link>
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		<title>Michigan: Medical Marijuana as a Treatment for Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 30th, 2011 &#8211; FERNDALE &#8212; When his cancer came back for a fifth time, Michael McShane was desperate for treatment outside of traditional medicine. The last time squamous cell carcinoma left lumpy tumors around his mouth, doctors cut it away and reconstructed his bottom lip by turning out a portion of its inner layer. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/09/30/michigan-medical-marijuana-as-a-treatment-for-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Czech Republic To Legalize Medical Marijuana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 27, 2011 &#8211; The Czech Ministry of Health has said it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and for the first time allow it to be prescribed as medicine by doctors. “By the end of this year we will submit to Parliament an amended law on addictive substances which will move [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/09/27/czech-republic-to-legalize-medical-marijuana/</link>
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		<title>Want More Crime in Your City? Close Your Local Medical Marijuana Dispensary, Says Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 26, 2011 &#8211; Medicinal (and, ahem, recreational) marijuana aims to soothe, ease, and relax users; take away said users&#8217; pot and be prepared to face the consequences. A report released Tuesday by the RAND Corp., a Santa Monica-based think tank, revealed that after hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close in Los [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/09/26/want-more-crime-in-your-city-close-your-local-medical-marijuana-dispensary-says-study/</link>
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		<title>Russia may Legalize Hemp for Agriculture, Industrial Use</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 24, 2011 &#8211; Moscow &#8211; Russia may soon authorize the cultivation of hemp &#8211; otherwise known as cannabis sativa &#8211; for agricultural and industrial needs, Russia&#8217;s Federal Drug Control Service said on Friday. On September 28, the country&#8217;s State Anti-drug Committee will decide whether to allow the cultivation of hemp, currently prohibited in Russia. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/09/24/russia-may-legalize-hemp-for-agriculture-industrial-use/</link>
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		<title>California: Hemp Bill Lands on Governor’s Desk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 13, 2011 &#8211; By State Senator Mark Leno &#8211; California is one step closer to building a successful hemp industry in the Central Valley. This week the Legislature gave final approval to legislation I introduced that allows California farmers to grow industrial hemp for the legal sale of seed, oil and fiber to manufacturers. [...]]]></description>
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