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	<title>HempNews &#187; Legislation</title>
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		<title>Canadian Conservatives Attempt to Enact “Inhumane, Unjust” Anti-Pot Law</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/12/18/canadian-conservatives-attempt-to-enact-%e2%80%9cinhumane-unjust%e2%80%9d-anti-pot-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 18, 2010 &#8211; Major players in the legal system are calling Canada’s Bill S-10 inhumane and unjust, and with good reason. The bill would amend Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act with mandatory minimum sentences for pot offenses and increase the maximum, in some cases, to life behind bars. Most media have focused on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee: Medical Marijuana Bill Deferred in Committee</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/14/tennessee-medical-marijuana-bill-deferred-in-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Legalization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 14, 2010 &#8211; Tennessee legislation legalizing the medical use of marijuana by qualified patients was considered by the House Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday. But the legislation’s projected price tag during tight budget times — and not moral or legal considerations — could bring it down. After the committee heard testimony, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/11/maryland-senate-passes-medical-marijuana-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dispensaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 11, 2010 &#8211; (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) &#8211; With no discussion or objections, the Maryland Senate voted 35-12 to pass SB 627, a bill that would allow qualified patients to be recommended medical marijuana by their doctor and receive safe access to their medicine through state-licensed distribution centers. The bill now moves to the House. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Groups Push Ahead to Legalize Prescribed Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/11/wisconsin-groups-push-ahead-to-legalize-prescribed-marijuana/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/04/11/wisconsin-groups-push-ahead-to-legalize-prescribed-marijuana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 11, 2010 &#8211; At a prayer vigil on the steps of the state Capitol late last month, protesters &#8212; including a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran &#8212; asked legislators to act on a medical marijuana bill that has stalled in committee. Gov. Jim Doyle has said that if it passes, he would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized: An Expert’s Perspective</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2010/03/03/why-marijuana-should-be-legalized-an-expert%e2%80%99s-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2010/03/03/why-marijuana-should-be-legalized-an-expert%e2%80%99s-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor of Pharmacology and co-author of Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts, John Morgan explains why marijuana should be legalized for the safety of the community. Source. dtsv.dtse_post_3451_permalink = 'http://hempnews.tv/2010/03/03/why-marijuana-should-be-legalized-an-expert%e2%80%99s-perspective/'; dtsv.dtse_post_3451_title = 'Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized: An Expert’s Perspective';]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians Saved by Senate from Heavy-handed Tory Pot Law</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/12/10/canadians-saved-by-senate-from-heavy-handed-tory-pot-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 10, 2009 &#8211; Canada&#8217;s Senate made a sensible amendment Wednesday to a politically motivated bill that would have seen people who grew as few as five marijuana plants serve a mandatory six-month jail term. Accepting a proposal from a Liberal-dominated Senate committee, by a 49-43 margin the Senate watered down the proposed legislation by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Drug Reform Legislation in the Congress; Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Decriminalization &amp; Industrial Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/11/15/federal-drug-reform-legislation-in-the-congress-medical-marijuana-marijuana-decriminalization-industrial-hemp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnewstv.wordpress.com/?p=2457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[November 15, 2009 &#8211; Here’s an update on some of the more significant legislation moving (or not) on the Hill. Medical Marijuana Late last month, Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) reintroduced H.R. 3939, the Truth in Trials Act, which would allow defendants in federal medical marijuana prosecutions to use medical evidence in their defense — a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reformers: No Marijuana Legalization In California This Year&#8230;Ballot Measure In 2010?</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/07/18/reformers-no-marijuana-legalization-in-california-this-year-ballot-measure-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2009/07/18/reformers-no-marijuana-legalization-in-california-this-year-ballot-measure-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnewstv.wordpress.com/?p=1481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[July 18, 2009 &#8211; Marijuana has generated some headlines in California this week, with a report that a state legislature proposal to legalize and tax it could bring in $1.4 billion for the state, and a proposal from an LA councilwoman to tax medical marijuana. But while reformers have seen the profile of medical marijuana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego&#039;s War on Medical Marijuana Continues -</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/07/07/san-diegos-war-on-medical-marijuana-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2009/07/07/san-diegos-war-on-medical-marijuana-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnewstv.wordpress.com/?p=1342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[July 7, 2009 &#8211; In California it has been over a decade since the Compassionate Use Act. Several years since SB420, and almost a year since the California Attorney General&#8217;s guidelines. We have even had The California Third District Court of Appeal last week issue a ruling reaffirming patients rights to collectively cultivate medical marijuana. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Passes Hemp Bill-Becomes Sixth State in 2009 to Take Action</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.tv/2009/06/30/oregon-passes-hemp-bill-becomes-sixth-state-in-2009-to-take-action/</link>
		<comments>http://hempnews.tv/2009/06/30/oregon-passes-hemp-bill-becomes-sixth-state-in-2009-to-take-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hempnewstv.wordpress.com/?p=1206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State Pressure to Grow Hemp Continues to Mount as Business Booms June 30, 2009 &#8211; SALEM, Ore., &#8212; Yesterday, by a vote of 46 to 11, the Oregon House passed SB 676, a bill that permits production and possession of industrial hemp and trade in industrial hemp commodities and products. &#8220;I am glad that Oregon [...]]]></description>
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