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	<title>The Weed Blog &#187; Medical Marijuana Policy</title>
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		<title>Upcoming Medical Marijuana Events In San Diego</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There Are Two Events In The Next Week That Support Medical Marijuana In San Diego Join us on February 14th, from 7-9pm for our monthly San Diego Americans for Safe Access chapter meeting at the La Jolla Brew House. This month we will be discussing the current state of safe access in the city, the <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/upcoming-medical-marijuana-events-in-san-diego/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Introduces Bill To Bring Medical Marijuana To Mississippi</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/senator-introduces-bill-to-bring-medical-marijuana-to-mississippi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mississippi Senator Introduces Senate Bill 2252 Which Would Legalize Medical Marijuana Use For the fourth straight year, Sen. Deborah Dawkins (D-Pass Christian), a compassionate legislator, has introduced medical marijuana legislation. S.B. 2252 would authorize the doctor-recommended medical use of marijuana for patients with debilitating medical conditions and reschedule marijuana to Schedule II. An excerpt from an article <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/senator-introduces-bill-to-bring-medical-marijuana-to-mississippi/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Medical Cannabis Laws May Decrease Teen Marijuana Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ninja Smoker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mcgill iniversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The enactment of state laws allowing for the limited legal use of cannabis by qualified patients has little to no causal effect on broader marijuana use, according to data published online in the journal Annals of Epidemiology. Investigators at McGill University in Montreal obtained state-level estimates of marijuana use <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/study-finds-medical-cannabis-laws-may-decrease-teen-marijuana-use/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate &#8216;Medical Marijuana Week&#8217; By Calling A Politician And Attending A Rally</title>
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		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/celebrate-medical-marijuana-week-calling-politician-attending-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ninja Smoker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Major Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marijuana Legalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americans for Safe Access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The medical cannabis community is under attack, and we must be heard! More than 100 DEA raids, dozens of federal prosecutions, manipulation of the tax code, and threats to landlords and elected officials &#8212; the aggressive, anti-medical cannabis efforts of Obama?s Justice Department must stop! Join Americans for Safe Access Chapters and Affiliates across the <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/celebrate-medical-marijuana-week-calling-politician-attending-rally/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Text Of Jack Herer&#8217;s Last Marijuana Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/the-text-of-jack-herers-last-marijuana-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/the-text-of-jack-herers-last-marijuana-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hemp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marijuana Legalization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Herer Was The Leader Of The Marijuana Movement For Multiple Decades The following is the last wording of the initiative Jack tried to get on the ballot before he passed away in 2010. He had been working on this since the 1970&#8242;s. If you are an activist in a state that allows the initiative process, please consider <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/the-text-of-jack-herers-last-marijuana-initiative/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Advocacy Group Formed To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients</title>
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		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/new-advocacy-group-formed-to-protect-medical-marijuana-patient-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ninja Smoker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill schuette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michigan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Medical Marijuana Alliance Formed to Protect Patients&#8217; Rights A new Michigan-based medical marijuana coalition —The National Patients Rights Association  (NPRA) — has been formed by some of the nation&#8217;s leading medical marijuana advocates to protect patient rights.  The group will encourage legislators, prosecutors, and local governments to fully honor the decision of voters that <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/new-advocacy-group-formed-to-protect-medical-marijuana-patient-rights/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Marijuana Laws Linked To Lower Suicide Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-laws-linked-lower-suicide-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-laws-linked-lower-suicide-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide and marijuana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Passage Of A Medical Marijuana Law Is Associated With A Reduction In Suicide Rates High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide by D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees, Joseph J. Sabia (January 2012) Abstract: Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-laws-linked-lower-suicide-rates/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma County Needs To Hear From Medical Marijuana Patients, Caregivers, And Growers</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/sonoma-county-needs-to-hear-from-medical-marijuana-patients-caregivers-and-growers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/sonoma-county-needs-to-hear-from-medical-marijuana-patients-caregivers-and-growers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dispensary cap]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sonoma County Explores Medical Marijuana Criminal And Civil Penalties Attention Patients, Caregivers, &#38; Cultivators The County of Sonoma needs to hear from you! Background: The Sonoma County Supervisors approved a quarter of a million dollars to be allocated to figure out what criminal and civil penalties should be imposed for illegal cultivations and dispensaries in <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/sonoma-county-needs-to-hear-from-medical-marijuana-patients-caregivers-and-growers/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Court Rules Patients On Probation Can&#8217;t Use Medical Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/colorado-court-rules-patients-on-probation-cant-use-medical-marijuana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/colorado-court-rules-patients-on-probation-cant-use-medical-marijuana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ninja Smoker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[People v. Watkins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on 2/2/12 that medical marijuana patients on who are on probation should not be allowed to use cannabis as medicine. This ruling is a huge blow to medical marijuana patients statewide, many of whom will be forced off of their safe, effective and natural cannabis medicine and forced to <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/colorado-court-rules-patients-on-probation-cant-use-medical-marijuana/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/the-gatewood-galbraith-memorial-medical-marijuana-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/the-gatewood-galbraith-memorial-medical-marijuana-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kentucky State Senator Perry Clark Files Senate Bill 129, The Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act AN ACT relating to medical marijuana. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 218A.050 is amended to read as follows: Unless otherwise rescheduled by regulation of the Cabinet for Health and <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/the-gatewood-galbraith-memorial-medical-marijuana-act/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reimbursing Medical Marijuana Growers In Oregon Is A Hot Topic</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/reimbursing-medical-marijuana-growers-in-oregon-is-a-hot-topic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical marijuana grower]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Oregon Medical Marijuana Growers Be Reimbursed For Expenses From Patients They Aren&#8217;t Registered With? The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA) has a provision in the law that allows medical marijuana growers to be reimbursed by medical marijuana patients for the cost of &#8216;supplies&#8217; and utilities.  This provision is what many medical marijuana distributors rely <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/reimbursing-medical-marijuana-growers-in-oregon-is-a-hot-topic/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Has The Marijuana Movement Moved Beyond The &#8216;Stripper Phase&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/has-the-marijuana-movement-moved-beyond-the-stripper-phase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marijuana Legalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does The Marijuana Movement Still Need To Use Sex As A Marketing Tool Sex and marijuana have been used together since the very beginning of the movement.  Reefer madness supporters used the combination of sex and marijuana in a negative way to scare society into thinking that marijuana was evil.  Some marijuana supporters, especially the <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/has-the-marijuana-movement-moved-beyond-the-stripper-phase/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>QuantaCann Launched At Harborside Medical Marijuana Dispensary</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/quantacann-launched-at-harborside-medical-marijuana-dispensary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theweedblog.com/quantacann-launched-at-harborside-medical-marijuana-dispensary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marijuana Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Medical Marijuana Dispensary On Weed Wars Is The First To Implement The New Technology In a major scientific development for the cannabis industry, an exciting and advanced new technology has recently been launched at the nation’s leading medical cannabis dispensary, Harborside Health Center, located in Oakland, California. Harborside is the first in the region to <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/quantacann-launched-at-harborside-medical-marijuana-dispensary/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Majority Of Rhode Island Voters Support Marijuana Policy Reform According New Poll</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/majority-rhode-island-voters-support-marijuana-policy-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ninja Smoker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marijuana Legalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is more solid evidence public support for cannabis policy reform is growing and public perceptions are changing. This is an article from the Marijuana Policy Project blog about a recent poll they commissioned in Rhode Island. by Robert Capecchi Late last month, the Marijuana Policy Project commissioned Public Policy Polling to survey Rhode Island <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/majority-rhode-island-voters-support-marijuana-policy-reform/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join The Weed Blog At The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup In L.A.</title>
		<link>http://www.theweedblog.com/join-the-weed-blog-at-the-high-times-medical-cannabis-cup-in-l-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[High Times Medical Cannabis Cup In Los Angeles I received an e-mail earlier today from High Times Executive Editor Dan Skye inviting The Weed Blog to the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in Los Angeles February 11th and 12th.  I think it&#8217;s safe to say that I now have an open spot on my bucket list. <a href='http://www.theweedblog.com/join-the-weed-blog-at-the-high-times-medical-cannabis-cup-in-l-a/'>[Click Here To Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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