Episode #33 on 10/10/10 for our first three hour episode. We must be lucky - or something!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MPP’s online phone banking for marijuana legislation in multiple states

MMGA 2010 Annual Symposium Going On Now.  Live video stream available.

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

Will California Voters vote to legalize marijuana? [clip]

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Donates $100K to YES on 19

Facebook co-founders give $170K to YES on 19

Interview with Nick from California regarding his concerns about Prop 19

Where do you think the Napa Valley of weed will be? Let us know!

Berkeley to vote on two local pot measures

Law Enforcers Say Control and Tax Cannabis to Protect Public Safety

Allen St. Pierre vs. Asa Hutchinson on California’s Prop 19

POT AND PARTY POLITICS

Dems looking to cash in on youth vote through cannabis initiatives in 2012

Is cannabis legalization key to getting Democrats re-elected? [clip]

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS

Gateway theory? Federal report says pot use up, cocaine down

Gary Johnson to Steven Colbert: Marijuana is Safer [clip]

NEWS FROM THE EAST

NJ clarifies rules regarding the distribution of mmj

CANNABIS IN SPORTS

Lincecum Strikes Out 14 in NLDS

HAWAII MMJ

Patient numbers on the rise on the big island

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Oregon closing in on election day for Prop 74 and the dispensary decision

Officer Shoots Unarmed Pregnant Woman During Raid

POT’S PARAPHERNALIA

Use a little olive/vegetable/corn oil on your metal grinder if it gets sticky.

Zig-Zag 1.25 Ultra Thin - a very good paper you can find almost anywhere.

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana conference might move to Cobo

Lack of clarity on mmj rules may cause conundrum in MI

GROW TIP OF THE WEEK

Next week: Thrips!  - Chunk Norris in an advanced discourse on all sorts of insects.

SOUTHWEST

Phoenix Cardinals Give $10K Against Arizona MMJ Initiative

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

(update) ILL MMJ Bill Sponsor Hopes House-members Will Step Up After Election

Jim Miller (CMMNJ.org) at the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Fest [clip]

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

Marijuana’s potential adverse health effects

NUGGET OF THE DAY

Government Data Says Prohibition Has Failed

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Gary Johnson on the Dylan Ratigan show [clip]