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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says it's time California had an open, honest conversation about marijuana policy, but apparently that's too scary for some local TV stations in the state.
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Earlier this month, MPP produced a 30-second TV ad featuring Fair Oaks resident Nadene Herndon talking directly to the camera, saying:
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&#034;We're marijuana consumers. Instead of being treated like criminals for using a safe substance, we want to pay our fair share. Taxes from California's &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/5682">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:27:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Some things never change. This month, a new report came out from the federally funded Marijuana Potency Project declaring THC levels in marijuana to be at an all time high.
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Scare stories about high-potency marijuana are almost as old as the war on marijuana itself. Prohibitionists for decades have warned people that the contemporary version of the drug is &#034;not your father's marijuana&#034; (of course, they wanted to arrest your father for his low-grade stuff as well). Bush drug &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/5476">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It was hard not to feel some déjà vu last month when President Obama mocked the idea of ending marijuana prohibition during an online town hall meeting, even though the issue was by far the most popular of those brought up. I mean, would Bush have handled the situation any differently?
 
And only the day before, DEA agents raided a San Francisco medical marijuana facility, just like the good old days. Although federal officials claim not to have violated the new administration's more &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/5280">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:41:01 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Activists have been anxious to see just how much the social and political climate for marijuana policy reform might change under the Obama administration. Up until early February, there was a lot of speculation, skepticism, and hope but not much observable evidence of whether President Obama's call for objective, science-based policies would extend to marijuana.
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Well, just a little more than a month into the new president's term, we're already getting a clearer picture, and the signs &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/5104">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:29:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like I said last month here, 2008 turned out to be a big year &ndash; one of the biggest, in fact &ndash; for marijuana policy reform.
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Voters in Massachusetts passed a landmark ballot initiative ending the threat of arrest, jail, and a criminal record for adults caught with an ounce or less of marijuana. Michigan became the 13th state &ndash; and the first in the Midwest &ndash; to pass a law protecting qualified medical marijuana patients from arrest for using their doctor-recommended &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/4907">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:52:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Back in May I wrote in that one day, when marijuana prohibition is history and responsible adult marijuana users no longer live in fear of arrest, we may look back on 2008 as one our most pivotal years.
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I must be some kind of genius.
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Well, maybe not, but thanks to voters and advocates across the country, this Election Day turned out to be one of the greatest in the history of marijuana policy reform, and certainly the most significant of this decade.
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Most notably &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/4799">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:43:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<b>By Dan Bernath</b>
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A common source of frustration for MPP &ndash; and for most folks in the marijuana policy reform movement &ndash; is being mischaracterized as &#034;pro-pot&#034; or &#034;pro-drug&#034; by the press. Not only are these labels misleading and politically charged, they're completely inaccurate.
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Most of us who wish to end marijuana prohibition do so because we see the policy's utter futility and its legacy of failure and waste. Our argument isn't that &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/4609">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:14:19 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By Dan Bernath


We all know we have a long way to go before we end the government's war on marijuana users, but it's just possible we'll look back on 2008 as one of the major turning points in that difficult, inevitable journey.

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We're constantly inundated with nonsense, hysteria and outright lies when marijuana is discussed in the public, so it's easy to miss the progress. But if you squint just right, you can see signs that policy, public opinion and the political landscape may &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/4263">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:44:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<b>By Dan Bernath</b>

It's too early to guess who our next president will be, but the odds have never been better that whoever it is will have spoken out publicly against federal raids in medical marijuana states.

In fact, every single Democratic candidate has pledged to end DEA raids on medical marijuana patients and providers in states that have laws protecting them, as did three Republican candidates, though only Congressman Ron Paul remains in the race.

Considering that public &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/2585">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:20:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<b>By Dan Bernath</b>

This is a story about a Nov. 13 meeting in which advocates and opponents testified before the Tennessee House Health and Human Services Committee about a bill to legally protect patients who use medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation.

This is also a story about how such a seemingly straightforward event can get mangled by biased media coverage.

Opponents &ndash; including Family Action Council of Tennessee's David Fowler, White House Office of National &hellip;<a href="http://hightimes.com/legal/dbernath/2527">More</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:54:54 -0500</pubDate>
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