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	<title><![CDATA[Why Do People the Government Says Don't Exist Keep Writing Us?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-borden-and-paul-armentano/why-do-people-the-governm_b_63031.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>According to the federal government, 53-year-old Deborah Palmer (not her real name) doesn't exist. A grandmother and former California corrections officer, Ms. Palmer suffers from chronic spinal pain (the result of a pair of botched back surgeries) and fibromyalgia. Because her body is allergic to opioid medications, she recently began using medical marijuana to obtain relief from her daily suffering. That is until federal and state law enforcement officials raided the California dispensary that provided her medicine. </p>

<p>"What am I...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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