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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Making informants' safety a priority: A Dateline update</title><link>http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/19/1971849.aspx</link><description>In January, Dateline NBC ran a report on Rachel Hoffman, a 23-year-old middle-class college grad who, after getting caught with marijuana for a second time, became a confidential informant for the Tallahassee, Fla. police department to avoid charges that</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Making informants' safety a priority: A Dateline update</title><link>http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/19/1971849.aspx#1973551</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:35:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1973551</guid><dc:creator>Amy G</dc:creator><description>What a very sad story. There are much more high level criminals to go after than someone selling pot. Marajuana is not a gateway drug and to think that this poor girl's life was lost because of this is sickening! Alcohol is much worse than than marajuana. I have never done drugs nor do I intend to. However, I do think marajuana should be legalized. Unfortunately, as long as the drug companies keep lobbying to keep it illegal, this will never change. </description></item></channel></rss>