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	<title>Peaceful Sky Alliance</title>
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	<description>Citizens dedicated to implementing the Lowest law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance in Hawaii</description>
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		<title>Isle will net $2M to fight underage drinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Erin Miller
West Hawaii Today
emiller@westhawaiitoday.com
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:31 AM HST
Hawaii County is set to receive $2.1 million from the state to stop underage drinking, the lieutenant governor&#8217;s office announced Tuesday.
The amount coming to the county is just $200,000 less than what the City and County of Honolulu will receive. The money is part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/02/isle-will-net-2m-to-fight-underage-drinking/</link>
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		<title>Prohibition Won&#8217;t Work Against Pot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[published in the Honolulu Advertiser Sunday February 7, 2010
Skip Miller&#8217;s sermon on the dangers of marijuana ( &#8220;Marijuana too damaging to be legalized,&#8221; Jan.  31 ) is a compendium of distortions and discredited drug war assertions.
The idea that legalization would increase substance abuse flies in the face of the evidence.  We were warned that legalizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/02/prohibition-wont-work-against-pot/</link>
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		<title>Large turn out at County Council Feb 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you can see, there was a large turn out on Feb 2 for the County Council meeting, as reported by the HTH. (See post below)
There were 28 people who testified, all in favor of the LLEPCO. Everyone was there to remind the council of their responsibilities.
Although good questions were posed by Council members, nothing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/02/large-turn-out-at-county-council-feb-2/</link>
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		<title>Cannabis Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published in Hawaii Tribune-Herald  Tuesday, February 2, 2010 9:31 AM HST
Cannabis legislation
With regard to Mr. LeGendre&#8217;s letter, (Tribune-Herald, Jan. 24) I respectfully clarify that the adult decriminalization bill introduced by state Sen. Kalani English before the Legislature will not legalize cannabis. Decriminalization will make possession of 1 ounce or less a civil proceeding like a traffic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/02/cannabis-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Lines drawn over pot use</title>
		<description><![CDATA[













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Adam Lehman, one of the authors of the so-called Peaceful Sky ordinance, testifies before a county council committee on Tuesday. &#8211; John Burnett/Tribune-Herald





by John Burnett
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer

Published: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 9:58 AM HST
A County Council committee heard from about two dozen people Tuesday night who testified that police are ignoring the voter-passed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/02/lines-drawn-over-pot-use/</link>
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		<title>Police rebellion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Published: Sunday, January 17, 2010 7:54 AM HST
I am always reading that the Police Department leaders and the county Prosecuting Attorney&#8217;s Office keep insisting that they will continue to ignore the &#8220;Peaceful Sky&#8221; initiative because marijuana is still illegal under state and federal laws, and therefore they will continue &#8220;green harvesting&#8221; and harassing marijuana users.
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/01/police-rebellion/</link>
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		<title>Attorney To Dismiss Cases of Pot Possession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Emily Heffter, Seattle Times Staff Reporter 
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle, WA &#8212; Seattle&#8217;s new city attorney is dismissing all marijuana-possession cases, starting with those that were already under way under the old city attorney.
City Attorney Pete Holmes, who beat incumbent Tom Carr in November, said he dismissed two marijuana-related cases in his first day on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/01/attorney-to-dismiss-cases-of-pot-possession/</link>
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		<title>Support drug policy reform, regulation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following letter to the Editor was published in West Hawaii Today on January 15, 2010.
Deputy Prosecutor Rick Damerville testified at the recent committee meeting on marijuana decriminalization held by the Hawaii County Council. During his presentation against the resolution, he trumpeted the words of King James I, who in 1604 issued a proclamation about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2010/01/support-drug-policy-reform-regulation/</link>
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		<title>Big Isle&#8217;s pot pulse is sought</title>
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Big Isle&#8217;s pot pulse is sought
But move to get question on ballot may be snuffed out
by Jason Armstrong
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer

Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:09 AM HST
Kohala Councilman Pete Hoffmann wants to ask Big Island voters if they support decriminalizing marijuana use, but is barred from adding nonbinding questions to election ballots.
&#8220;I simply want to try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2009/12/big-isles-pot-pulse-is-sought/</link>
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		<title>The Most Insane Anti-Marijuana Argument Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/smorgan Wed, 12/23/2009 &#8211; 11:52pm

Anyone can dream up dumb reasons for keeping marijuana illegal, but it takes guts to equate pot prohibition with the survival of Western civilization. Mary Grabar at Pajamas Media http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/libertarians-need-to-rethink-support-for-drug-legalization/2/ shows us how it&#8217;s done:
The sanction for alcohol use has lasted for millennia. It has become part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://peacefulskyalliance.com/2009/12/the-most-insane-anti-marijuana-argument-ever/</link>
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