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	<title><![CDATA[Obama Sends Drug Warriors to UN, DEA to CA: Stop Fighting Bush's Wars]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/obama-sends-drug-warriors_b_162260.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>As someone who cares about humane drug policy, I expect politicians to disappoint me. Obama created a rare glimmer of light here with his honesty about his own experience -- but his choice of drug warriors like Joe Biden and Rahm Emmanuel for high level posts has made me wary.</p>

<p>Now, with a <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/28/EDL415IA6F.DTL">new raid</a> on California's medical marijuana dispensaries and with Bush holdovers trying to <a href="http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/122853/obama%27s_choice%3A_sane_u.n._drug_policy_or_the_same_old_failed_war-on-drugs_routine/?page=1">push the UN</a> to drop support for needle exchange and other harm reduction...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-03-01T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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