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		<title>Drug czar: There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana</title>
		<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>
		<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>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/04/21/lets-be-blunt-its-time-to-end-the-drug-war/</link>
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		<title>Up in smoke. Why are the feds cracking down on marijuana in states that allow it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 13, 2012 &#8211; OAKSTERDAM university, a self-proclaimed “cannabis college” in Oakland, California, has been called everything from “the Princeton of Pot” to “the Harvard of Hemp”. Its founder, Richard Lee, has become the public face of the movement to legitimise marijuana. A paraplegic, he uses the drug for medical purposes, which is legal in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/04/13/up-in-smoke-why-are-the-feds-cracking-down-on-marijuana-in-states-that-allow-it/</link>
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		<title>What Would President Ron Paul&#8217;s Drug Policy Look Like?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/03/02/what-would-president-ron-pauls-drug-policy-look-like/</link>
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		<title>Canada: Legalize Marijuana, former B.C. Attorneys-General say</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/02/15/canada-legalize-marijuana-former-b-c-attorneys-general-say/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2012/01/15/canada-liberal-convention-2012-federal-grits-vote-to-legalize-marijuana/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/11/29/canada-toronto-man-taking-%e2%80%98catch-22%e2%80%99-of-growing-medical-marijuana-to-court/</link>
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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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