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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers fear “Magic Mint” ban could slow studies]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1255448107" delta="16 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/13/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Salvia divinorum can beam you to Mars. It can eradicate gravity.  It can show you things that will make you howl with laughter and things that will make you scream in fear.  ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[No pot task force this year]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1252961664" delta="21 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/14/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Lingle administration has chosen not to convene a medical marijuana task force that was opposed by Gov. Linda Lingle, a decision two state lawmakers believe ignores the intent of the state Legislature. The administration at first cited fiscal limitations and then priorities at the state Department of Public Safety as reasons for not going forward this year with a task force established by state law. ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[How is the drug salvia related to the common garden plant?]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1252619884" delta="21 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/10/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Salvia has been in the news a lot in Maryland over the past few months. If you were quietly growing regular flowering salvia in your garden for years, you may be curious about the furor.  It seems that every few weeks there is another news report about restrictions, arrests, or other issues with salvia divinorum. Sales of this drug were banned in Ocean City, Maryland in early August, 2009 and at by the end of the month charges were filed against businesses still selling it.  ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Salvia now banned in Worcester County]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1252530290" delta="21 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[SNOW HILL -- The hallucinogenic herb salvia is now illegal in Worcester County, following the unanimous approval of the ban by the County Commissioners. Under the new law, anyone found in possession of the drug or any paraphernalia could face up to a $1,000 fine or six months in jail. ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magic mint hallucinogen under fire in U.S.]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1247011003" delta="30 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/7/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Saturnino Allende crouches beside a mountain path and gently puts his fingers around the stem of a plant with rough, tongue-shaped leaves. "This is it," he says about the powerful hallucinogen Salvia divinorum, known as "magic mint." In just a few years, it has emerged from Mexico's Indian villages into one of the hottest drugs in the USA and a crucial cash crop for poor farmers here. The good times may be coming to an end, as 11 states have rushed to pass laws that restrict the use of salvia, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is studying whether it should be banned nationwide.  ]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[As salvia use increases, so do concerns]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1247010893" delta="30 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/7/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Herb can cause hallucinationsAbout a year ago, as the drug salvia divinorum grew in popularity in California and New York, customers began asking Marianne Thibeault ...]]></text>
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    <article id="3594">
      <title><![CDATA[School Daze: Parents, educators learn of school safety issues]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242959010" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Recently, the Riverside County School Boards Association offered educators and parents an eye-opening training in regard to school safety. Wayne Sakamoto, an expert in the ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prevention specialists sound alarm on salvia]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242958754" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A hallucinogenic drug with the same name as a common garden herb is apparently showing up in Fort Dodge, according to some drug abuse prevention ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate bill would make popular hallucinogenic herb illegal]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242958280" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[RALEIGH - A hallucinogenic herb that's becoming popular among young people would be made illegal in North Carolina in a bill passed by the Senate.The ...]]></text>
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    <article id="3591">
      <title><![CDATA[Internet fuels legal abuse of plant hallucinogens]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242958207" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Don Ausman began 2009 focused on a bright future. The 22-year-old Michigan State University student from Northville planned to head to New Orleans for spring ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Teens Indulging In Dangerous Drug]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242958049" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO - An ancient drug called Salvia that can cause frightening hallucinations is catching on among young people.  Some lawmakers are increasingly concerned because ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate votes to ban hallucinogenic herb]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242957973" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The state Senate moved Thursday to ban a legal hallucinogenic herb, Salvia divinorum , hoping to get ahead of a potential drug problem.Senators voted 45-0 ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[A new drug hiding in plain sight: cops]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242957872" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[There's a new drug on the streets and police can't do anything about it, because it's legal and available over the counter at some smoke ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Britain considers ban on two 'legal highs']]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242957782" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[An herbal substance known as Spice that produces a marijuana-like effect when smoked may end up being banned in Britain, the government says.Home Secretary Jacqui ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[SALVIA: A legal drug growing in popularity with teens]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242957670" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Parents worry about salvia, a legal hallucinogen big on YouTubeBill Cooper hardly expected to dial into a world of Mazatec Indian shamanism when his phone ...]]></text>
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    <article id="3585">
      <title><![CDATA[After Massachusetts' leap forward voting to decriminalize marijuana, why take a step backward with salvia?]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242957527" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[In the past few weeks, there has been a strange hypocrisy at work on Beacon Hill: Massachusetts voters have overwhelmingly decided in favor of decriminalizing ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[High life could be a killer]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242957266" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[SOME say they are as potent as skunk cannabis, yet you can buy them easily on the internet and even from the High Street. So-called ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ban considered for Spice Gold, herbal high as strong as some skunk cannabis]]></title>
      <createdate unixtime="1242956917" delta="37 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/21/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The government's drug advisers are to consider next week whether to ban Spice Gold, a herbal smoking mixture that is as strong as some strains ...]]></text>
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