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	<title>Cannabis Fantastic &#187; World Cannabis News</title>
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		<title>Drought In Mexico Leads to Drop in Marijuana Production</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2012/02/drought-in-mexico-leads-to-drop-in-marijuana-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Cannabis News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Marijuana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, a drought in Northern Mexico has gotten bad enough that it is now affecting the crops, including those that are illicit. Military officials, who wage much of the war against drug cartels and their products, say that the surveillance flights this year have shown large dry patches in land that is usually lush with illegal marijuana and poppy fields.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2012/02/drought-in-mexico-leads-to-drop-in-marijuana-production/' addthis:title='Drought In Mexico Leads to Drop in Marijuana Production' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Polish Lawmaker Threatens to Smoke Marijuana in Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ewa Kopacz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janusz Palikot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marijuana in Poland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polish drug laws]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Poland, the leader of a new left-wing party threatened to light up a joint in Parliament in Warsaw on Friday. Janusz Palikot is trying to get soft drugs, like cannabis, legalized among other liberal ideas in his rather conservative country. Palikot wants to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis in his country, so as his party leader, he announced his plan to light up some marijuana in Parliament.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2012/01/polish-law-maker-threatens-to-smoke-marijuana-in-parliament/' addthis:title='Polish Lawmaker Threatens to Smoke Marijuana in Parliament' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Pro Surfers To Be Drug Tested This Year</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2012/01/pro-surfers-to-be-drug-tested-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cannabis Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cannabis News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Irons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Ruffo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Prodan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International body that governs professional surfing is about to change their policies. The Association of Surfing Professionals has decided on their 2012 policies for screening surfers competing in world surfing events.They have decided for the first time to introduce comprehensive drug testing for surfer to compete.  Surfing, as a sport, has grown out of <a href='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2012/01/pro-surfers-to-be-drug-tested-this-year/'>[Read on . . .]</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2012/01/pro-surfers-to-be-drug-tested-this-year/' addthis:title='Pro Surfers To Be Drug Tested This Year' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Officials Bust Major Mexican Cartel Ring</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/11/arizona-officials-bust-major-mexican-cartel-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cannabis and the Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for smuggling 3.3 million pounds of marijuana, 20,000 pounds of cocaine and 10,000 pounds of heroin into the U.S. through Arizona over the past five years.  Officials say that amounts to about $2 Billion in revenue. The investigation into the drug ring in <a href='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/11/arizona-officials-bust-major-mexican-cartel-ring/'>[Read on . . .]</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/11/arizona-officials-bust-major-mexican-cartel-ring/' addthis:title='Arizona Officials Bust Major Mexican Cartel Ring' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Coalition Calls for Legalization</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/canadian-coalition-calls-for-legalization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Bratzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Even Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Lander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop the violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Canadian group of professionals has formed a coalition that calls on the legalization and the regulated sales of marijuana in Canada. The group made up of BC police officers, health professionals, legal experts and academics includes members such as former BC Supreme Court Justice, Ross Lander and BC’s former chief coroner, Vince Cain. And it isn’t just retired professionals that are joining in, one of the spokesman for the group is David Bratzer, a Victoria Police officer who is also running for the Victoria School board this fall. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/canadian-coalition-calls-for-legalization/' addthis:title='Canadian Coalition Calls for Legalization' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian President Calls for the Global Legalization of Marijuana</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President of Colombia said he would support the global legalization of marijuana, but that his country could not be the one to lead the way. In a Sunday interview, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called for the global legalization of marijuana, but said his country could not be the one to lead the way. <a href='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/colombian-president-calls-for-the-global-legalization-of-marijuana/'>[Read on . . .]</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/colombian-president-calls-for-the-global-legalization-of-marijuana/' addthis:title='Colombian President Calls for the Global Legalization of Marijuana' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Drug War Being Waged in Urban Areas</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/mexican-drug-war-being-waged-in-urban-areas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Cannabis News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calderon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heroin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexican Government has allowed domestic marijuana and opium production to climb to record levels. Heroin seizures on the border have tripled since 2006.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/mexican-drug-war-being-waged-in-urban-areas/' addthis:title='Mexican Drug War Being Waged in Urban Areas' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Czech Republic Takes a Shot at Legalizing Medical Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/the-czech-republic-takes-a-shot-at-legalizing-medical-marijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Cannabis News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[czech republic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Czech Republic is reviewing a medical marijuana law that would legalize growing and using medical marijuana<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/10/the-czech-republic-takes-a-shot-at-legalizing-medical-marijuana/' addthis:title='The Czech Republic Takes a Shot at Legalizing Medical Marijuana' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Moves Toward Harsher Punishments for Marijuana Crimes</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/07/australia-moves-toward-harsher-punishments-for-marijuana-crimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Cannabis News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Marijuana Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal-National Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Quirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Johnson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Government in Western Australia announced on Sunday that they are putting into place more repressive marijuana laws that will go into effect on August 1st. Western Australia had effectively decriminalized the possession of up to 30 grams of marijuana under the previous Labor Government that set the fines for violators with tickets between $100 and $200 dollars. But with the new Liberal-National party in power, Police Minister Rob Johnson said that those relaxed, soft-drug laws will be repealed and replaced with a much tougher approach. He told reporters yesterday that citizens caught with cannabis will no longer simply get a slap on the wrist for the crime.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/07/australia-moves-toward-harsher-punishments-for-marijuana-crimes/' addthis:title='Australia Moves Toward Harsher Punishments for Marijuana Crimes' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Medical Marijuana Growers Facing New Threat</title>
		<link>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/06/canadian-medical-marijuana-growers-facing-new-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/06/canadian-medical-marijuana-growers-facing-new-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karri Gallaugher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Canada, the rules on who can grow medical cannabis are under attack as the federal government is expected to announce changes in the program. The Canadian Press has learned that the federal government is poised to tighten the rules concerning private growers of medical marijuana. Patients are now waiting for an announcement of the <a href='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/06/canadian-medical-marijuana-growers-facing-new-threat/'>[Read on . . .]</a><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://cannabisfantastic.com/2011/06/canadian-medical-marijuana-growers-facing-new-threat/' addthis:title='Canadian Medical Marijuana Growers Facing New Threat' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_stumbleupon"></a><a class="addthis_button_reddit"></a></div>]]></description>
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