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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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				<category><![CDATA[Legalization]]></category>
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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>California: Kings County calls for Change to Legalize Growing industrial Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/08/02/california-kings-county-calls-for-change-to-legalize-growing-industrial-hemp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Australia Edges Closer to Hemp Approval for Food Uses</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/07/13/australia-edges-closer-to-hemp-approval-for-food-uses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 13, 2011 &#8211; A proposal to overturn a ban on the use of hemp seeds in food products in Australia could see the use of the staple in food products available in the country. Lorraine Belanger, communication manager for Food Standards Australia and New Zealand said that the regulator had received an application for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crackdown on Medical Marijuana Ahead?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/07/12/crackdown-on-medical-marijuana-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2011/07/12/crackdown-on-medical-marijuana-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Growing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 12, 2011 &#8211; Drug-policy reformers are worried about a new Obama administration memo instructing federal prosecutors on how to deal with the growing number of medical marijuana dispensaries. The Justice Department memo, sent to U.S. attorneys around the nation, addresses a central problem with the growing number of states that have legalized medical marijuana: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ‘Snicker Factor’ aside, Hemp is Serious Business</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/07/11/the-%e2%80%98snicker-factor%e2%80%99-aside-hemp-is-serious-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 11, 2011 &#8211; Hemp is fast becoming a staple of daytime TV as Oprah, Dr. Oz and others extol the health virtues of hemp oil, protein powders and pasta. At the same time, industrial interests tout it as a potential base for products ranging from textiles to car parts. As a result, demand is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana Bill In Congress: Barney Frank, Ron Paul Legislation Would End Federal Ban On Pot</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/06/23/marijuana-bill-in-congress-barney-frank-ron-paul-legislation-would-end-federal-ban-on-pot/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2011/06/23/marijuana-bill-in-congress-barney-frank-ron-paul-legislation-would-end-federal-ban-on-pot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) will introduce legislation today to end the federal ban on marijuana and let the states decide whether to legalize it.commemorate the anniversary, a group of former law enforcement officials unveiled a new report “The legislation would limit the federal government’s role in marijuana enforcement to cross-border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law Enforcement and Prohibition: Two Sides to Every Coin</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/06/18/law-enforcement-and-prohibition-two-sides-to-every-coin/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2011/06/18/law-enforcement-and-prohibition-two-sides-to-every-coin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnews.tv/?p=5183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 18, 2011 &#8211; On its most basic level, the war on drugs is the constant confrontation between law enforcement and “illicit drug” users. While politicians make the policy, police and attorneys and judges must enforce laws that are often unenforceable at best, and get law enforcement officials killed at worst. While it can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would Legalizing Pot be Good for the Environment?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/05/16/would-legalizing-pot-be-good-for-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2011/05/16/would-legalizing-pot-be-good-for-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnews.tv/?p=5142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[May 16, 2011 &#8211; It is well known that legalizing pot could have great economic benefits in California and elsewhere by allowing the government to tax it (like it now does on liquor and cigarettes), by ending expensive and ongoing operations to eradicate it, and by keeping millions of otherwise innocent and non-violent marijuana offenders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware Becomes 16th Medical Marijuana State</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/05/13/delaware-becomes-16th-medical-marijuana-state/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2011/05/13/delaware-becomes-16th-medical-marijuana-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnews.tv/?p=5139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[May 13, 2011 &#8211; Today Governor Jack Markell signed SB 17 – as he had indicated he would – making the state of Delaware the 16th in The United States to legalize medical marijuana, plus Washington D.C. From our friends at The Marijuana Policy Project: The law goes into effect on July 1 and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky and Beyond: A Culture Tough on Marijuana makes a Hard Fight for Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2011/05/13/kentucky-and-beyond-a-culture-tough-on-marijuana-makes-a-hard-fight-for-hemp/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2011/05/13/kentucky-and-beyond-a-culture-tough-on-marijuana-makes-a-hard-fight-for-hemp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 20:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Hemp]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnews.tv/?p=5136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lexington, KY &#8211; In the previous installment of this series on the potential of industrial hemp cultivation in Kentucky, I took issue with gubernatorial candidate Phil Moffett&#8217;s indirect association with a local head shop, Botany Bay. Some consider the concept of guilt by association to be unfair in this case, but to me, such questions [...]]]></description>
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