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<title>Rock The Bells Lineup Announced</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday on the Sunset Strip in the heart of Los Angeles, Chang Weisberg announced Guerilla Union&rsquo;s 2012 lineup for Rock the Bells at the House of Blues.
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Special guests included RZA, <i>Yo Gabba Gabba!</i> DJ Lance Rock, Dan the Automator, Murs, all five members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Supernatural who announced the lineup in a freestyle joined by fellow panelist DJ Quik, who beatboxed along.
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<b>Lineup</b>:
2 Chainz*
ASAP Rocky*
Atmosphere
Big Daddy Kane
Bone &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/natasha_ht/7691">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:24 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>US House Votes Against Stopping Feds&amp;#8217; Medical Pot Raids</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the sixth time in a decade, the U.S. House of Representatives last week defeated an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have prohibited the federal Dept of Justice from raiding medical marijuana dispensaries in those states with legal medicinal cannabis laws.
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The bipartisan amendment was co-sponsored, as it has been each of the six times it&rsquo;s been introduced, by Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and this year they were joined by Tom McClintock &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7689">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Colorado Legalize Pot Campaign Runs Mother&amp;#8217;s Day Ad</title>
<description><![CDATA[In times past, most people didn&rsquo;t associate marijuana with the wholesome all-American holiday of Mother&rsquo;s Day, annually celebrated on the second Sunday in May.&#160;But the advocates of Yes on 64, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, are challenging that notion by running a subtle yet effective TV ad today entitled &ldquo;Dear Mom.&rdquo;
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In the 30-second spot, a woman in her mid- to late-twenties is seen in a park typing on her laptop, composing a letter to her &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7682">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 11:31:57 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Drive to Add PTSD, Other Conditions to AZ&amp;#8217;s Medical Marijuana Law</title>
<description><![CDATA[Later this month, the Arizona Dept of Health Services will hold a hearing as part of the effort to permit patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), migraines, depression, and general anxiety disorder to also legally use medical marijuana.&#160;&#160;
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Prop 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, legalized the drug after voters approved it in November 2010, but the number of maladies the law allows to be treated with medicinal cannabis is limited. Nonetheless, medical &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7681">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:37:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Pot DUI Bill Dies in Colorado Assembly</title>
<description><![CDATA[A restrictive Colorado DUI bill that would have made it easier to convict drivers who used marijuana (but were not necessarily stoned when arrested) died in the state House of Representatives in Denver on Tuesday evening with an indirect assist from a legislative impasse over the controversial gay marriage issue.
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Senate Bill 117 would have made it a misdemeanor with a possible jail sentence of up to six months and a fine of up to $500 for anyone caught with five or more nanograms of &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7677">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:11:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Connecticut to Legalize Medical Marijuana</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Senate effectively legalized medical marijuana in the state by passing House Bill 5389 in the early morning hours Saturday following a 10-hour overtime session described as &ldquo;passionate&rdquo; by the <i>Hartford Courant</i>. The Connecticut House of Representatives passed the bill in late April.
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Governor Dannel Malloy (D) praised the bill&rsquo;s passage and has stated that he fully intends to sign it, which would make Connecticut the 17th state in the U.S. to have &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7674">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:51:39 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Beastie Boys' Adam &quot;MCA&quot; Yauch: 1964-2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the legends of rap passed away on Friday. Beastie Boys&rsquo; Adam &ldquo;MCA&rdquo; Yauch died at the all-too-young age of 47.&#160;He died in Brooklyn (where he was born in 1964) after a three-year battle with parotid salivary gland cancer since 2009.&#160;Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen and his daughter Tenzin Losel Yauch, as well as his parents Frances and Noel Yauch.&#160;Though Beastie Boys began in the early 1980s as a hardcore punk band, it was the final lineup of Yauch &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7668">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 13:53:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>New Poll: Majority In US, Canada, and Britain Favor Alternative Sentencing for Pot Possession</title>
<description><![CDATA[A newly released international <i>Angus Reid</i> public opinion poll reports that a vast majority of Americans, Canadians and Britons support marijuana possession offenders being fined, serving community service or sentenced to probation rather than being incarcerated. &#160;&#160;
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In the U.S., over 1,000 adults were surveyed, with nearly three-fourths of the nation - 74 percent - in favor of alternative penalties being administered to those busted for possession. The figures for &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mmiller/7667">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 13:39:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mark Miller</dc:creator>
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<title>Long-Standing Bay Area Dispensary Forced to Close</title>
<description><![CDATA[Berkeley Patients Group &ndash; a 9,000-member medical marijuana dispensary that has operated in the Bay Area for nearly 13 years &ndash; has shut its doors.
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The dispensary&rsquo;s landlord was sent a letter citing violations of federal law &ndash; specifically that BPG was too close to two schools &ndash; late last year. U.S. attorney Melinda Haag warned that the landlord&rsquo;s assets would be seized if the group continued to operate and distribute medical cannabis.
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As a &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/mike_hughes/7662">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:02:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Mike Hughes</dc:creator>
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<title>DEA Imprisons College Student for 5 Days Without Food or Water</title>
<description><![CDATA[For 23-year-old UC San Diego student Daniel Chong, a small, private 4/20 celebration turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare after DEA agents raided the apartment where he was smoking cannabis with friends in honor of the &ldquo;high holiday,&rdquo; took him into custody, and then left him alone for nearly five days in a five-foot by 10-foot holding cell. Mr. Chong was left without food, water, and any contact with the outside &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/news/bean/7661">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:10:26 -0400</pubDate>
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