The Cannabis Agenda Podcast

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

MarijuanaPodcasts.com launches - aggregator for great cannabis-related podcasts on the web

SOUTHWEST

Arizona gunman Jared Laughner smoked pot [clip]

To what extent do you think pot played a role in Laughner’s mental state?

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

Medical marijuana raid in SLO County raises questions

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

DEA may get records of medical marijuana patients [clip]

First US Drug War Killing of 2011; And the winner is - No One.

INTERNATIONAL WEEDSCAPE

A Thousand March for Marijuana in Buenos Aires

EAST COAST SCOOP

Maine feels mix of progress and growing pains

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

Senate Unanimously Confirms Leonhart as DEA Head

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

How often should you clean your glass pipe? And what’s the best way to go about it?

A WALK DOWN THE GREEN CARPET

Montel Williams arrested with wooden pipe

CANNABIS IN SPORTS

Wazzu's Reggie Moore to play after arrest

STONED IN THE SOUTH

Florida Drug Czar Office Falls to Budget Ax

SENSI STOCKS MARKET UPDATE

WeedMaps.com Experiences Significant Growth in 2010

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS

Advocacy group files legal challenge to medical marijuana laws

Patient & Caregiver Rights Litigation Project

Does Med-Pot affect teen use in Denver?

Boulder Democrat Polis plans to push decriminalizing marijuana at federal level

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Illinois House Rejects Medical Marijuana Bill

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

”Synthetic cannabis” is worse than marijuana

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Reason TV interview Rob Kampia from MPP [clip]

It's another long one, hold on to your britches!

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

Thanks to the Hot Box Podcast for the shout out about MarijuanaPodcasts.com and mentioning the Cannabis Agenda :)

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

Fresno bans outdoor crops after man kills intruders

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

Making rude assumptions about other peoples weed

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

Who is responsible for keeping marijuana illegal? [clip]

Supreme Court Looks At Smell-Based Home Searches For Pot

EAST COAST SCOOP

D.C. Medical Marijuana Rules Take Effect Next Week

INTERNATIONAL WEEDSCAPE

Israel Says Wait 6 Hours After Smoking Marijuana To Drive

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

Albuquerque PD busts “over $100,000” of high grade marijuana [clip]

$500,000 bust in Houston area [clip]

Janesville, WI bans “Synthetic Marijuana” [clip]

Intent To Deliver: Cops Say Pizzeria Sold Pot Along With Pizza

OH CANADA

You can’t smoke pot during the weekend and be a Quebec cop

STONED IN THE SOUTH

Kentucky considering changing drug penalties

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Washington Might Extend Protections To Marijuana Patients

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

Oakland County deputies raid medical marijuana complex, make no arrests but seize cash

IN THE “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” SEGMENT

This is what passes for big news nowadays? [clip]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS

Colorado Medical Marijuana Advocates Call For Full Legalization

MT Could Outlaw Driving For Up To 25 Days After Smoking Pot

Montana lawmaker proposes 10% tax on growers sales

SOUTHWEST

Arizona proposes rules for medpot program

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Medical Marijuana Legalization Reintroduced In IL Legislature

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Judge Jim Gray on why prohibition is worse than drugs themselves [clip]

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

Mat from the HotBox podcast made some suggestions about the file size and hopefully this show will be a much “kinder” size.

From Alex, about “The M Word.”

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

LA City Council approves new medical marijuana law  [clip]

Richard Eastman testifies on medical marijuana ordinance at Long Beach council meeting [clip]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS

A look at Colorado's HB11-1043    Bill language HB11-1043

Montana legislature takes its first hit on proposed legislation [clip]

DUI bill before MT Legislature concerns medical marijuana community

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

The “de-fakey” - that plain sucks

MARC EMERY

Marc’s early valentine to his wife, Jodi [clip]

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Oregon Looks To Legalize Marijuana In 2012    [clip]

Washington State's pending legislation:  SB 5073 and HB 1100  [clip]

Edmonds, WA votes for moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries [clip]

HAWAII HIGHS

Hawaii Lawmakers to Propose Medical Marijuana Expansion [clip]

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

Ann Arbor drug felon faces obstacles to life as medical marijuana entrepreneur

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

Two Chinese Men Arrested in Fayette County with 692 Pounds of Cannabis

IDAHO?

Medical marijuana bill introduced in Idaho

EAST COAST SCOOP

Medical marijuana supporters blast N.J. health department regulations for medicinal pot [clip]

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Bill to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties Introduced in Illinois

SOUTHWEST

From Albuquerque: Note to self: when crazy girlfriend is throwing plates at me, do not phone the police [clip]

INTERNATIONAL WEEDSCAPE

Reefer Madness spreads to the UK

Morocco: Cannabis fields torched

IN THE “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” SEGMENT

Great Scott! U.K. police officer didn't notice dope farm in her spare room

Michael Savage: Drugs are for banjo minded folks, not harpsichord brains [clip]

CANNABIS IN SPORTS

The BEARS Shoulda Smoked WEED!!!

ACTIVISM SPOTLIGHT

Grassroots Activists Head to the Nation's Capitol to End Cannabis Prohibition

People are starting to get it, continue to stand up!!

SENSI STOCKS MARKET UPDATE

General Cannabis, Inc. Finalizes the Purchase of Revyv, LLC

WOMEN AND WEED

A sensible mom campaigns for cannabis

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

Cannabis Reduces Infant Mortality associated study

NUGGET OF THE DAY

Be careful, if you smoke that stuff you'll be a big fat failure.

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Maine bill to legalize marijuana? We’ll find out more about this one. [clip]

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  See the list

And Now: The President of the United States with “an entirely legitimate question for debate.” [clip from 2004]

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

Leno bill aims to protect working medical marijuana patients

Conference markets medical marijuana to seniors

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA/IDAHO NEWS

BaMm BAmM BaMm!!  Police!! Stop or we'll shoot more!! [clip]

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

Smugglers rely on sophisticated technique to get marijuana across US/Mexican border (aka Drug smuggling reaches new “high”) [clip]

Need some Dagga? Easy score is just 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? [clip]

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

Royal Oak puts kibosh on cannabis cultivation [clip]

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

Welfare Drug Testing Bills Filed in Virginia

STONED IN THE SOUTH

Maybe they got the memo wrong in Kentucky. “Simulated marijuana?” [clip]

SOUTHWEST

In Vegas, MMJ supporters want regulation, not federal intervention [clip]

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

D-Bag of the Week: Iowa State Rep. Clel Baudler

ACTIVISM SPOTLIGHT

A National Call to Action!

GROW TIP OF THE WEEK   

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

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

A couple from “Shakedown Rich”

Good advice on spitting from Grandma Nan

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

If you’re a cannabis dispensary in California, give us a holler!

SENSI IN THE SOUTHWEST

Regulating medical marijuana in Arizona

Arizona considers decriminalization bill

New Mexico governor says repealing MMJ legislation is not a priority in 2011

EAST COAST SCOOP

18 applications filed for retail dispensaries in Rhode Island [clip]

NJ seeking growers for med pot program

Massachusetts Legislators File Reform Bills

HAWAII HIGHS

Decriminalization in the works? [clip]

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

Feds To Oakland: Pot Farms Would Break US Law

DEA busts two caregivers in Michigan

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

How dangerous is Marijuana? Look to the credible research

NUGGET OF THE DAY

Cannabis quality certification in California:  Van Hook or Van Crook?

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

Respect for Discretion Involving Weed

MARC EMERY

Send Marc a Birthday wish, he would greatly appreciate the support. His B-day is on Feb 13th and He'll be 53. Send B-day well wishes to:

MARC SCOTT EMERY #40252-086 - UNIT Q POD 2

D. RAY JAMES CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

P.O. BOX 2000

FOLKSTON, GA  31537

USA

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

Vancouver taking cue from Washington, marijuana in liquor stores? [clip]

BOOZE BUZZ NEWS

Dude, where’s my car?

A WALK DOWN THE GREEN CARPET

Roseanne Barr praises marijuana in her new book

Legendary actor Jack Nicholson opens up about pot

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

Montel Williams testifies before the LA city council [clip]

Activists testify before the San Diego city council [clips]

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

Navy cracks down on Spice

BUT IS IT SOPHISTICATED?

Massive drug operation shut down in North Carolina [clip]

Middletown, PA cops stumble upon large scale marijuana operation [clip]

“YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME”

Presidential Candidate for the Knuckleheads-R-Us Foundation

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

Email from Tongan Ninja in NZ giving respect to Bob Marley on his birthday and scooping a story for us.

Email from Sean with a grip of good questions. We’ll get to those ASAP.

Email from Shakedown with a scoop for the you’ve got to be kidding me segment.

INTERVIEW WITH MASON TVERT

London reports that professionals are one of biggest demographic of people needing medical attention due to alcohol abuse over the holiday season

Health watchdog makes several recommendations to help curb excessive drinking in Britain

Misrepresentation of facts in anti stoned-driving commercial [clip]

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

SF cannabis delivery man drops a dime

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS (IDAHO?)

Mobile clinics bring doctors to rural patients [clip]

Montana house votes to repeal medical marijuana law

SOUTHWEST

City of Surprise, AZ to vote on MMJ regulations [clip]

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Starts MMJ Specific Taskforce [clip]

INTERVIEW WITH RAY GILLIAM

Professor of Criminal Justice at University of Illinois Springfield

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

Canadian judge throws out religious challenge to marijuana laws [clip]

Canadian doctors cautioned not to prescribe pot

American faces death penalty in Egypt for hemp oil

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Seattle HempFest attempting to negotiate venue for next year’s 20th anniversary

WA judge allows man to exceed state’s medical cultivation limits [clip]

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

Michigan AG says MMJ law is being exploited [clip]

Judge rules in favor of Wal-mart in Casias case, ACLU will appeal

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Illinois Senator files MMJ bill SB1548

EAST COAST SCOOP

RI bill would decriminalize less than one ounce of marijuana [clip]

Rhode Island pastor faces up to 40 years for cannabis cultivation [clip]

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

More bad news for “synthetic marijuana” [clip]

Family Feud: Name something that gets passed around [clip]

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Marijuana vs. Crystal Meth [clip]

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

King Closet - In my travels trying to dispell cannabis myths, people are stuck on the gateway drug idea. I was wondering since prop 215 in Cali or Colorado  how has that affected cocaine and heroine usage numbers in those states? any feed back back would be great.  You guyz rock but not as much as Marijuana Rocks!

Spliffcoli - thanks for the Booze News gold mine.

Thanks Sean for scooping some stories..  We’ll get to them.

mrwiscobanjobrain- Just wondering if you guys were into the whole butane free lighter thing. Wondering what you guys think of butane\sulphur as far as health is concerned. Thanks for the show it rocks, and the decreased file size is much appreciated.  Thanks for spreading the word about our show.  

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

Santa Clara County DA puts medpot busts on back burner

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

Insane Canadian Legislation Goes Down The Tubes

BOOZE NEWS

Police Beat from Miami University of Ohio

BUT IS IT SOPHISTICATED?

Chandler, AZ cops bust biggest operation ever [clip]

NUGGET OF THE DAY

13 States with Pending Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana- ProCon.org

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Reason TV with Steve Silverman from FlexYourRights.org [clip]

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

Shakedown sent us a scoop on a grow-op bust in Cleveland.  Thanks buddy! We aren’t covering it today, but we’ll get to it eventually.

Denton emailed us with 2 op-ed pieces it looks like he wrote.  Thanks Denton!

Jordan emailed:  He loves the length of our show and thinks it is the perfect time to sit back to a bowl or two.  He doesn’t want us to make it any less than an hour and a half

Krypto Man from Vermont emailed us: likes our show, saw a potential booze news worthy story occur at his local pub.  Send us the scoop if it hits your paper.  Also believes Vermont is really close to decriminalization.

Mark emailed: “They are against change because they are corrupt and the Drug War gives limitless opportunities to be such.  Love you guys dearly, but fuck you are naive on this.  Cops LOVE the drug war, why else be a cop really?!?!  Total power trip, tons of cash, people cowering before them, raiding homes, shooting pets, big rush.  Guys, cops are the enemy totally and completely.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS, QUESTIONS TO LISTENERS

Our friends a Leafly.com (we talked with Scott in Episode #34) just released their strain database in the form of an iPhone app.

If you’re a cannabis dispensary in California, give us a holler!

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS (IDAHO?)

Montana sees wave of medical marijuana bills in legislature

One of those bills would allow employers to fire medical marijuana pateints [clip]

Mormon financed group dedicated to disrupting MMJ laws

Two year old Cash Hyde is one of Montana’s youngest medical marijuana patients [clip]

Looks like the crazies are back in Montana: Vandals strike two medical marijuana clinics in Billings, MT [clip]

EAST COAST SCOOP

Maryland MMJ bill suffers setback by former FDA deputy

Maryland Health Secretary opposes medical marijuana bill [clip]

Legalization and Medical Bills filed in Massachusetts [clip]

Rhode Island legislators file tax & regulate bill

Vermont lawmakers considering MMJ legislation [clip]

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

CA bill would give DA's a choice on sentencing

Feds attack Harborside dispensary with IRS audit

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Seattle's first cannabis farmers market attracts large crowd [clip]

Seattle Times endorses HB 1550, allowing sales of cannabis at liquor stores [clip]

Bill target’s Oregon’s medical marijuana law [clip]

SOUTHWEST

NM Lawmaker Wants To Repeal Medical Marijuana

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Ethics Panel Clears Iowan Lawmaker in Marijuana Case

Bi-partisan MMJ export bill introduced in Minnesota  Minn Gov. link Here

Uninformed Illinois house committee OKs legalizing industrial hemp

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

New Poll Shows Upward Trend in Public Support for Legalization

Cannabis Related Portion Of Pew Research Study, image here

QUIT CALLING IT “SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA”

Retailers cited for sale of “synthetic marijuana” in New Albany, IN [clip]

Mother speaks out about “fake pot” after child crashes car under the influence [clip]

Over six ER visits due to spice in the Cleveland area this year [clip]

Boca Raton, FL company stops manufacturer of “Mary Joy” [clip]

ACTIVISM SPOTLIGHT

2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference  Official website here.

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

It's high time you learned the history

Schedule 1; Against the advice of national commission

Concluding statement from Shafer Commission Report

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Here’s a suggestion The War on Drugs: What a Joke!

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

Email from Steve from Humboldt.

Shakedown - Thanks for the scoops on Kentucky and Oregon.

Thanks Mike for the ACLU scoop.

Thanks Matt for the thoughtful email.  We’re saving your ideas and questions in hopes of finding an expert to come on the show and answer them.

Puna Bud contacted us with big Hawaii news!

We received several invites to the NORML network, we’re gonna find out more.

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

DEA Considering Reclassifying Plant-Derived THC Under Federal Law [clip]

ACLU Says "Let Dr. Lyle Cracker GROW!"

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS (IDAHO?)

Federal raids target MMJ in Montana

New legislation creates stricter restrictions for medical marijuana dispensaries [clip]

Target 13 “undercover” special portrays Colorado system as abusive [clip]

Colorado lawsuit will challenge medical marijuana restrictions [clip]

Medical-marijuana skin patch may be marketed in Colorado

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

Don’t shop when you’re high? Do you agree?

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

7% marijuana tax hits San Jose, Santa Cruz county considering taxes too [clip]

More on the San Jose dispensary tax [clip]

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Former MMA star sued over outdoor grow

HAWAII HIGHS

Puna Bud reports in with promising news from Hawaii!

SB1460 would decriminalize one ounce or less of marijuana.

SB1458 creates licenses for medical marijuana compassions centers, establishes sales tax, and may contain an exception for out-of-state cardholders.

SB175 transfers jurisdiction from State Department of Public Safety to Department of Health.

CANNABIS TRIVIA

From Trucker Bill: Does holding in pot smoke for as long as possible really get you higher?

STONED IN THE SOUTH

Florida representative seeking to implement MMJ legislation [clip]

Kentucky legislators downgrade several drug offenses

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

A border patrol agent uses his keen intuition to capture 700 pounds of marijuana - Subtitle: Meanwhile, 7000 pounds are smuggled without being caught [clip]

EAST COAST SCOOP

RI names three locations for MMJ compassion centers [clip]

Connecticut Rep. Toni Walker on medical marijuana [clip]

BUT IS IT SOPHISTICATED?

Baltimore police make largest grow bust ever [clip]

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Dr. Lester Grinspoon on Penn & Teller’s Bullshit [clip]

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

Trucker Bill- urinalysis and hair testing for jobs...  How long to naturally pass with out cleaning substances?

Shakedown emailed us a scoop on regarding police mentality over home invasions of patients in Washington state.  Thanks buddy!

Jedidiah emailed about the Australian Schapelle Corby that is jailed in Indonesia for trafficking cannabis. Their is a lot stuff on line about it and looks like she did not get a fair trial. I think it would be good story for you to cover.

Yeti emailed us we will get Yeti next week.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS, QUESTIONS TO LISTENERS

Good news for the Seattle Hemp Fest, they were able to obtain the permit for the festival on August 19-21. Be there!

We are product testing a newer hemp wick brand right now.  Who uses hemp wick?  What is your favorite type?  Email us.  I’d like to compare the brand I’m using to our listeners favorites.

Should I start a cannabis related FB avatar?

Kogs has a request for listeners. Let’s find some good soundbytes!

If you’re a cannabis dispensary in California, give us a holler!

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA/IDAHO NEWS

Montana's repeal of voter-approved 2004 mmj law dies in Senate committee

Memo sheds light on federal action against medical marijuana

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

NY Banker caught laundering stinky pot money

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Police have misguided priorities after patient clubbed to death during home invasion

Spokane area dispensaries ask for clarification on law [clip]

MARC EMERY

We haven’t updated y’all on Marc’s status as of late because nothing has really changed.  He is still in a private prison in Georgia, hoping to be sent back to Canada to finish his term, which would be up if he were to be sent back. For more info check out www.freemarc.ca

STONED IN THE SOUTH

170 pounds of marijuana discovered being unloaded from Cessna in Huntsville, AR [clip]

Medical marijuana debate in... Texas? [clip]

EAST COAST SCOOP

Rhode Island House Committee hears bill on decriminalizing marijuana [clip]

Connecticut Voters Support Marijuana Law Reforms

BUT IS IT SOPHISTICATED?

Cops shut down “monstrous mound of marijuana” [clip]

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

GW cannabis drug wins green light in 6 new markets

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

Pharmaceutical Drugs Based on Cannabis

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

Does marijuana cause brain cell damage or lung cancer? [clip]