QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

* SHAKEDOWN - We appreciate the scoops!

* RECREATIONAL MILITARY SMOKER - Weed in middle east, Italy, & Spice

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

* [Marijuana Holds Top 50 Spots In Questions For Obama](http://politicsofpot.com/federal-government/marijuana-holds-top-50-spots-in-questions-for-obama/)  See [the list](http://i.imgur.com/9aDiO.jpg)

* [And Now: The President of the United States](http://the420times.com/2011/01/obamas-youtube-response-to-the-cannabis-community/) with “an entirely legitimate question for debate.” \[[clip from 2004](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbmbQlf1Wg)\]

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

* [Leno bill aims to protect working medical marijuana patients](http://blogs.sacbee.com/weed-wars/2011/02/leno-bill-aims-to-protect-working-medical-marijuana-patients.html)

* Conference markets medical marijuana to seniors

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA/IDAHO NEWS

* [BaMm BAmM BaMm!!  Police!! Stop or we'll shoot more!!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/utah-video-police-kill-man-drug-raid_n_810420.html) \[clip\]

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

* [Smugglers rely on sophisticated technique to get marijuana across US/Mexican border](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7289257n) (aka Drug smuggling reaches new “high”) \[clip\]

* [Need some Dagga? Easy score is just a mouse click away](http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article866526.ece/Dagga-score-is-a-mouse-click-away)

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE \[OR\] CANNABIS TRIVIA

* What is a Thai Stick?

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

* [Should state liquor stores sell cannabis?](http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/434218_JOEL28.html) \[[clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKAJmKD74vM)\]

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

* [Royal Oak puts kibosh on cannabis cultivation](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/royal-oak-restricts-growing-medical-marijuana-20110125-wpms) \[clip\]

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

* [Welfare Drug Testing Bills Filed in Virginia](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2011/jan/24/welfare_drug_testing_bills_filed)

STONED IN THE SOUTH

* [Maybe they got the memo wrong in Kentucky. “Simulated marijuana?”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7R99MzGz0) \[clip\]

SOUTHWEST

* [In Vegas, MMJ supporters want regulation, not federal intervention](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgq31h_medical-marijuana-advocates-want-regulation_news) \[clip\]

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

* [D-Bag of the Week: Iowa State Rep. Clel Baudler](http://www.celebstoner.com/201101275636/news/marijuana-news/clel-baudler.html)

ACTIVISM SPOTLIGHT

* [A National Call to Action!](http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=6233)

GROW TIP OF THE WEEK   

* What does it mean when your stems are purple? Could be genetics, temperature, phosphorus deficiency, overwatering.