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		<title>Sacramento pot doc nears trial on drug charges in Mississippi</title>
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<bre of last times Dr. David Allen was seen in Sacramento, he had a packed waiting room of patients. They were paying $150 each to see the former Mississippi heart surgeon for medical marijuana recommendations, Peter Hecht reports in his &#8220;Weed Wars&#8221; blog.
To anyone listening, Allen extolled the virtues of a &#8220;miracle drug&#8221; he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expired auto tags lead to 2 arrests of same man on pot charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Santa Rosa man was arrested twice Wednesday night — first when he was pulled over for expired registration and police found pot and $55,000 in the car, and later when he bailed out of jail and came home to a squad of detectives raiding his house, where they seized drugs, a stolen handgun and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterey dispensary remains open, minus the dispensing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dispensaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The group that opened a medical marijuana dispensary on Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey will keep its center open as a meeting place for current members of their cooperative, the Monterey County Herald reports.
A member who answered the door Thursday, who identified himself only as Marc, said the court order issued March 12 against the cooperative, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP report: Recent crimes put spotlight on medical marijuana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Patients, growers and clinics in some of the 14 states that allow medical marijuana are falling victim to robberies, home invasions, shootings and even murders at the hands of pot thieves.
There have been dozens of cases in recent months alone, the Associated Press reports. The issue received more attention this week after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cocaine Scene Investigation: S.F. drug lab shut down</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of narcotics cases that San Francisco prosecutors have dropped since the Police Department&#8217;s drug-lab scandal went public is up to 180, and the district attorney says more cases will be dismissed until the city&#8217;s police officers can perform basic tests on seized evidence in lieu of the closed lab.
The Police Department closed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anderson extends dispensary moratorium; delays action on cultivation limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a three-hour meeting Tuesday, the Anderson City Council postponed for 60 days any action on a proposed ordinance to restrict the cultivation of medical marijuana within city limits to a secure out-building no larger than 120 square feet within a fenced back or side yard large enough to accommodate such a structure.
The five-member council, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotts Valley extends dispensary moratorium</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTTS VALLEY &#8212; City leaders extended a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries on Wednesday and asked staff to revise proposed rules for backyard beekeepers that would include neighbor notification of the hives.
The medical marijuana dispensary decision extends a 45-day moratorium passed last month for another 10 months and 15 days, essentially approving a one-year ban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Jose &#8216;not at war&#8217; with dispensaries despite crackdown, officials say</title>
		<link>http://calpotnews.com/medical-marijuana/san-jose-not-at-war-with-dispensaries-despite-crackdown-officials-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reggae music rolled like a cloud across a large room filled with blond wood, and behind the bar at the Arc Healing Center, Hector Gonzalez watched as Chris Braun, 23, entered wearing a green velvet top hat, green sunglasses and a clutch of fake emerald necklaces. It was nearly noon Wednesday, a few hours before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor gardening? Not under draft Shasta Lake medipot ordinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHASTA LAKE &#8211; Outdoor medical marijuana gardens would not be allowed within city limits under a draft ordinance to be reviewed tonight by the Shasta Lake Planning Commission.
This will be the first time that commissioners have reviewed the draft ordinance, which is not up for approval at the meeting, the Redding Record-Searchlight&#8217;s Jim Schultz reports.
Instead, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medipot-related shootings raise concerns in Washington state</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the stately New York Times comes this story about two high-profile shootings in Washington state tied to medical marijuana. Take note of stated law enforcement concerns about home-based grower/suppliers found in Washington; they sound similar to police complaints about storefront dispensaries in California. 
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SEATTLE — A shooting and a beating death linked to medical [...]]]></description>
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