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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; marijuana</title>
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		<title>Ruling gives new drive to medical marijuana bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/06/ruling-gives-new-drive-to-medical-marijuana-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bay Area lawmaker says today’s California Supreme Court decision that local governments can ban medical marijuana dispensaries is all the more reason to support his bill to create statewide regulation under the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. AB 473, by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, was passed by the Assembly Public Safety Committee two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipartisan House bill would shield marijuana use</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/12/bipartisan-house-bill-would-shield-marijuana-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jared Polis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A California House Republican has introduced his latest of many bipartisan attempts to shield people using marijuana in compliance with their states’ laws from federal arrest and prosecution. H.R. 1523, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, would protect those operating under medical-marijuana laws in 18 states including California plus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle looming over &#8216;zero tolerance&#8217; drug DUI bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/09/battle-looming-over-zero-tolerance-drug-dui-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/09/battle-looming-over-zero-tolerance-drug-dui-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sparks might fly as lawmakers later this month hear a bill that would make it illegal to drive with any detectable trace of marijuana or other illegal drugs in the blood, regardless of the driver’s actual impairment. Marijuana advocates say this “zero tolerance” bill, to be heard April 23 by the state Senate Public Safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ammiano bill lets ABC control medical marijuana</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/19/ammiano-bill-lets-abc-control-medical-marijuana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/19/ammiano-bill-lets-abc-control-medical-marijuana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical marijuana would be regulated by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control under a bill rolled out by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano. Ammiano, D-San Francisco, last year had carried a bill that would have created a nine-member Board of Medical Marijuana Enforcement within the Department of Consumer Affairs to regulate the industry. The Assembly passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bills would end federal marijuana ban, levy taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/05/bills-would-end-federal-marijuana-ban-levy-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/05/bills-would-end-federal-marijuana-ban-levy-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Students for Sensible Drug Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as states keep chipping away at marijuana prohibition, some House members keep trying to change the federal law. A bill being introduced by Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., would end federal marijuana prohibition, letting states decide their own policies; it also would set up a regulatory process like the one for alcohol for states that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical marijuana advocates lose appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/01/22/medical-marijuana-advocates-lose-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/01/22/medical-marijuana-advocates-lose-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court today ruled the federal Drug Enforcement Administration does not have to reconsider moving marijuana to a less-strict list of controlled substances &#8211; a significant defeat for those advocating for the drug’s medical use. Marijuana is currently listed on Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act – the most restrictive category for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skinner: Dems must choose battles, but fight some</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/12/skinner-dems-must-choose-battles-but-fight-some/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/12/skinner-dems-must-choose-battles-but-fight-some/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With supermajorities in both legislative chambers, Democrats must walk a finer line than ever, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner said Wednesday. My coffee meeting with Skinner, D-Berkeley, yielded a wide-ranging conversation about her party’s considerable new power and the responsibilities that go with it, as well as her own legislative priorities. The former Berkeley councilwoman has just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Even split on marijuana legalization</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/04/poll-even-split-on-marijuana-legalization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/04/poll-even-split-on-marijuana-legalization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans are evenly split over whether marijuana should be legalized, but far more Americans believe legalization is a matter for states to decide than for the federal government, according to a new CBS News poll. The poll released last week found 47 percent of Americans favor legalization while 47 percent oppose it. And 59 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court to hear landmark marijuana case</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/12/appeals-court-to-hear-landmark-marijuana-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/12/appeals-court-to-hear-landmark-marijuana-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court is about to hear oral arguments on marijuana’s medical value, the first time in almost 20 years that advocates have had the chance to offer a court scientific evidence for a change in the government’s classification of the drug. “Medical marijuana patients are finally getting their day in court,” Joe Elford, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee offers bill to stop medical pot asset seizures</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/03/lee-offers-bill-to-stop-medical-pot-asset-seizures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/03/lee-offers-bill-to-stop-medical-pot-asset-seizures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bay Area congresswoman’s new bill would bar federal prosecutors from filing civil lawsuits to seize property from landlords whose tenants comply with states’ medical marijuana laws. “The people of California have made it legal for patients to have safe access to medicinal marijuana and, as a result, thousands of small business owners have invested [...]]]></description>
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