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		<title>Cotati council vote gives OK to fifth medipot dispensary in Sonoma County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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<brer the passionate objections of a neighboring church congregation, the Cotati City Council said Wednesday that a medical marijuana dispensary can open on the city’s west side.
(Where the hell is Cotati? Click here for map.)
The Mercy Medical Dispensary Collective will be the first such business in Cotati, where last year a dispensary’s application was rejected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. dispensary employee robbed of cash, cannabis in Thousand Oaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An employee of a Los Angeles cannabis club was robbed of a backpack containing some cash and a jar of marijuana Wednesday night as he returned to his home in Thousand Oaks, according to Ventura County authorities.
The robbery was reported about 8:45 p.m. in the area of Sunset Drive and Los Robles Road in Thousand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two is enough for Santa Cruz City Council as pot-shop ordinance gets first reading</title>
		<link>http://calpotnews.com/cultivation/two-is-enough-for-santa-cruz-city-council-as-pot-shop-ordinance-gets-first-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gotta break out this quote from a would-be dispensary operator: &#8220;Limiting it to two (dispensaries in Santa Cruz) is a slap in face to the medical marijuana community. I see it as Jim Crow and nothing else. We&#8217;ve gone from being criminals to second-class citizens.&#8221; Read on&#8230;
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The Santa Cruz City Council preliminarily approved a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eureka medipot ordinance workshop raises issues from wattage to fire sprinklers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical marijuana advocates told the city of Eureka Tuesday night that its ordinance regulating medical marijuana was a good start, but they still had plenty of suggestions.
The city, spearheaded by council members Jeff Leonard and Linda Atkins, held a public workshop to gather input from the public about its new draft ordinance aimed at regulating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martinez plans MM update; police chief wants dispensary ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Martinez has had an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries on the books for 10 years, it has never approved one.
In the past few months, several groups seeking to open dispensaries have approached Martinez. In response to Police Chief Tom Simonetti&#8217;s call for a ban on the facilities, the city&#8217;s Public Safety Subcommittee has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medipot user convicted of felony transportation; appeal planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a test of how much marijuana reasonably can be carried for personal medical needs, a Sacramento jury Tuesday convicted a man of felony transportation for attempting to take 3 pounds of pot through Sacramento International Airport.
The case of Matthew Zugsberger, 34, a deep sea diver injured in an oil rig accident, left jurors saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State report: Californians smoke a whole lotta pot</title>
		<link>http://calpotnews.com/pot-pourri/state-report-californians-smoke-a-whole-lotta-pot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t checked out the Sac Bee&#8217;s &#8220;Weed Wars&#8221; blog, take a look. Bee reporter Peter Hecht offers this snippet about Californians&#8217; mass consumption of the green stuff. By my math, 16 million ounces equals 1 million pounds, a small fraction of the estimated 8.6 million pounds grown here last year. We&#8217;re a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine couple with ties to Lake Co. pot grow found dead</title>
		<link>http://calpotnews.com/cultivation/maine-couple-with-ties-to-lake-co-pot-grow-found-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two bodies found Thursday down an embankment in Lake County have been identified as the remains of a Maine couple who disappeared in January from Clearlake, where they had been hired to work in a marijuana growing operation, law authorities said Monday.
Frank and Yvette Maddox, 32 and 40, disappeared after agreeing to give their employer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morro Bay City Council takes first step to draft medipot ordinance</title>
		<link>http://calpotnews.com/medical-marijuana/morro-bay-city-council-takes-first-step-to-draft-medipot-ordinance/</link>
		<comments>http://calpotnews.com/medical-marijuana/morro-bay-city-council-takes-first-step-to-draft-medipot-ordinance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Morro Bay City Council voted Monday to move ahead with drafting regulations that would allow medical marijuana to be sold in the city.
The council voted 4-1 to form a subcommittee, which would bring an ordinance back to the council in 60 to 90 days. City Attorney Rob Schultz has drafted a preliminary set of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality control is Job One at Sacramento dispensary</title>
		<link>http://calpotnews.com/pot-pourri/quality-control-is-job-one-at-sacramento-dispensary/</link>
		<comments>http://calpotnews.com/pot-pourri/quality-control-is-job-one-at-sacramento-dispensary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, the incoming product must get past Don Davies and his microscope.
Davies, 23, who is closing in on a degree in biochemistry from UC Santa Cruz, inspects the weed Canna Care purchases from its patient growers, Sacramento Bee reporter Peter Hecht writes in his informative &#8220;Weed Wars&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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