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](http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/10/01/just-say-now-launches-online-phone-banking-for-marijuana-reform/)

* [MMGA 2010 Annual Symposium Going On Now.](http://montanamedicalgrowers.org/content.php/238-MMGA-2010-Annual-Symposium)  Live [video stream](http://hotboxpodcast.com/?page_id=27) available.

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

* [Will California Voters vote to legalize marijuana?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hJTJmqG-Qs) \[clip\]

* [Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Donates $100K to YES on 19](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bronner/why-we-donated-100000-to-_b_751563.html?ref=fb&src=sp#sb=1042259,b=facebook)

* [Facebook co-founders give $170K to YES on 19](http://cannabisnews.com/news/26/thread26012.shtml)

* 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](http://cannabisnews.com/news/26/thread26007.shtml)

* [Law Enforcers Say Control and Tax Cannabis to Protect Public Safety](http://yeson19.com/endorse/enforcement/text)

* [Allen St. Pierre vs. Asa Hutchinson on California’s Prop 19](http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/10/09/HP/A/39200/Asa+Hutchinson+Allen+St+Pierre.aspx)

POT AND PARTY POLITICS

* [Dems looking to cash in on youth vote through cannabis initiatives in 2012](http://cannabisnews.com/news/26/thread26002.shtml)

* [Is cannabis legalization key to getting Democrats re-elected?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBAfa-mAEM) \[clip\]

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS

* [Gateway theory? Federal report says pot use up, cocaine down](http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k9NSDUH/2k9Results.htm#Ch2)

* [Gary Johnson to Steven Colbert: Marijuana is Safer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK61NEBf-_8) \[clip\]

NEWS FROM THE EAST

* [NJ clarifies rules regarding the distribution of](http://cannabisnews.com/news/26/thread26004.shtml) [mmj](http://cannabisnews.com/news/26/thread26004.shtml)

CANNABIS IN SPORTS

* [Lincecum](http://www.celebstoner.com/201010044958/sports/sporting-highs/the-giants-americas-stoniest-baseball-team.html) [Strikes Out 14 in](http://www.celebstoner.com/201010044958/sports/sporting-highs/the-giants-americas-stoniest-baseball-team.html) [NLDS](http://www.celebstoner.com/201010044958/sports/sporting-highs/the-giants-americas-stoniest-baseball-team.html)

HAWAII MMJ

* [Patient numbers on the rise on the big island](http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2010/10/07/local/local03.txt)

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

* [Oregon closing in on election day for Prop 74 and the dispensary decision](http://cannabisnews.com/news/25/thread25998.shtml)

* [Officer Shoots Unarmed Pregnant Woman During Raid](http://reason.com/blog/2010/09/27/unarmed-pregnant-woman-shot-du)

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](http://www.freep.com/article/20101007/NEWS01/10070425/1001/News/Medical-marijuana-conference-might-move-to-Cobo)

* [Lack of clarity on mmj rules may cause conundrum in MI](http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/10/peter_luke_michigans_medical_m.html)

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](http://blog.norml.org/2010/09/20/phoenix-cardinals-give-10k-against-arizona-medical-marijuana-initiative/)

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

* (update) [ILL MMJ Bill Sponsor Hopes House-members Will Step Up After Election](http://www.wgil.com/localnews.php?xnewsaction=fullnews&newsarch=102010&newsid=103)

* [Jim Miller (CMMNJ.org) at the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Fest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBwI47LT14g) \[clip\]

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

* [Marijuana’s potential adverse health effects](http://cannabisnews.com/news/25/thread25996.shtml)

NUGGET OF THE DAY

* [Government Data Says Prohibition Has Failed](http://www.icsdp.org/docs/ICSDP-2.pdf)

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

* [Gary Johnson on the Dylan Ratigan show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Gvc7l2oqU) \[clip\]