The Cannabis Agenda Podcast

CALIFORNIA UPDATE LA Sheriff Lee Baca and Senator Dianne Feinstein Co-Chair the No on 19 Campaign ABC News Debate on Marijuana Legalization Interesting stuff Four Twenty Insurance Group Topics barely worth any of our time Hey Dawg, do you have any cannabis? Cannabis in sports Let Timmy Smoke Dammit!!! Stony in South Dakota Renewed Case For Medical Marijuana News from the Feds (Well, sort of): Prince Of Pot’s Prosecutor Declares Prohibition a Bust Speak Out Against DEA's Leonhart, Sign The Petition At MPP Leonhart or Bust From the research bin: Researchers Debunk the Gateway Theory … Again

Donate to Jay! Jay Selthofner is running for the Wisconsin Assembly on a cannabis platform. Please support him to the tune of $4.20 or greater! CALIFORNIA UPDATE: Alcohol Lobby Teams with Law Enforcement to Fund Anti-Marijuana Campaign Marijuana Ballot Measure in California Wins Support of Unio Santa Cruz business selling marijuana “hi”-ce cream “Toure” on the Dylan Ratigan show says legalize marijuana Paul Gallegos not endorsing Prop 19 Barbara Boxer’s aid charged with possession of cannabis Renter’s Rights Discussion From Hulu: The True Tale of American Marijuana East Side, Whazzup! Rhode Island health department rejects all 15 dispensary applications Followup: Patients protest delay Rocky Mountain High Space Problems In The Meeting Room New Mexico: Gubernatorial candidate wants to eliminate medical marijuana program New Mexico caregiver arrested for cultivation Marc Emery Sentenced The Prince of Pot Gets Five Years Grow Tip of the Week Don’t let your neighbors smell your pot -and- don’t have all of your trimmers park outside of your house for 2 or 3 days at a time with traffic coming and going...   Mexico Mexican military draws back eradication efforts From the research bin: THC Co-Discoverer Says Legalize It!!

Donate to Jay! Jay Selthofner is running for the Wisconsin Assembly on a cannabis platform. Please support him to the tune of $4.20 or greater! CALIFORNIA UPDATE Big Alcohol now openly spending money to defeat Prop 19 NBC Los Angeles [clip] email a complaint to them at [email protected] Opinion: It’s Time for Unity in the Marijuana Reform Movement Medical Marijuana Growers Join Teamsters Union SAFER debates California initiative to legalize marijuana [clip] Saying 'Yes' to Marijuana? (Steve “Douchey” from Fox News) [clip] Followup on High Scream, the media love this story [clip] National Spotlight Failed Marijuana Policies Are a Bi-Partisan Boondoggle Top Republican (Lamar Smith) Blasts Holder Over Medical Marijuana [clip] Worst Cannabis Paper EVER. Rocky Mountain High - Colorado News Interview with Chris Pezza Marc Emery Marc Emery was formally sentenced to 5 years in federal prison recently.  Thousands of people around the world protested in over 93 cities Saturday 9/18/10 You can read Marc’s blogs and follow the latest news regarding him, or figure out how you can help at www.freemarc.ca Marc spent everything he earned on the movement.  Everything [clip] Washington: Spokane marijuana dispensary owner may face charges [clip] JAY SELTHOFNER Wisconsin Suspected Mexican Cartel large scale grow op busted in Wisconsin National Forest Arizona Arizona Medical Marijuana Question, Proposition 203 Girls Gone Weed - www.ggdub.com Michigan Legal Pot Applications Swamp State Montana Another victim of marijuana prohibition, by suicide From the research bin: Top 10 Cannabis Studies the Government Wished it Had Never Funded

This week on the agenda: Donate to Jay! Jay Selthofner is running for the Wisconsin Assembly on a cannabis platform. Please support him to the tune of $4.20 or greater! QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS: Sean asks: Hey 2 podcasts ago you guys mentioned the website you use to get a lot if your news from and that it had a weekly email newsletter.  What was the URL for it? http://StopTheDrugWar.org Staley mentions the raids have died down, and shares two links. Medical marijuana farmer’s market [also a clip] and NORML Conference audio links. Thanks Staley! Puna Bud says the raids are increasing in Hawaii. EVENTS CALENDAR Cheech and Chong “Get it Legal” Tour started Friday night.  Check their dates @ www.cheechandchongtour.com click on the tour tab for dates.  Ends 11/20/10 Hempire Expo Events If you’d like your event mentioned, shoot us an email at [email protected]! CALIFORNIA UPDATE Oakland City Councilwoman discusses taxing and regulating marijuana [clip] Some Prop 19 polling data Gov. Schwartzenegger writes an op-ed in LA Times regarding union endorsement of Prop 19 Look whose funding YES on 19 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company opposes donation made by CBBD Debate over financial impact of Prop 19 Newly formed group California Cannabis Association opposes Prop 19 [clip] Prop 19 Would Help -- Not Hurt -- Medical Marijuana Patients Redding 215 clinic raises interesting legal questions regarding recommendations NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS Illegal drug use is up [clip] Should the Republican agenda include marijuana legalization? [clip] EAST SIDE, WUZZUP! 20-30 people smoked pot en route to Boston Freedom Rally on MBTA train.  Three Cited Massachussetts voters in Brookline, Newton and Wellesley get to weigh in on marijuana sales and taxation at ballot box NEW MEXICO Special education teacher arrested for growing marijuana [clip] MARC EMERY Marc punished for another unwritten rule POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Oregon Representative will introduce Cannabis Legalization Bill ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO, MONTANA, IDAHO, UTAH Montana authorized caregiver exceeds plant limits FROM THE RESEARCH BIN 10 major health benefits of medical marijuana Does cannabis relieve chronic pain? NUGGET OF THE DAY Does Obama know the difference between a prescription and a recommendation?  Do you?  Does your average American in support of MMJ? [clip] CLIP FOR END OF SHOW A Short Lesson on Marijuana by Joe Rogan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-al6S_Qe-_Q

This week on the agenda: Donate to Jay! Jay Selthofner is running for the Wisconsin Assembly on a cannabis platform. Please support him to the tune of $4.20 or greater! QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS Puna Bud from Hawaii Staley says register to vote absentee to make it easier to vote Steve from Arizona Sean likes our recent shows, requests strain reviews. Kent emails about bongs and thongs photos. Good suggestions! EVENTS CALENDAR Hempire Media Expos in LA, Seattle, and Denver If you’d like your event mentioned, shoot us an email! ANNOUNCEMENTS A Great New Way To Find Great Buds w/real time strain pricing! CALIFORNIA UPDATE The Governator signs decriminalization bill into law Prop 19 at 52% in latest poll “It shouldn’t be a crime” MPP PSA for Prop 19 [clip] How Prop 19 Would Heal Community Relations with Police [clip] More on the pot commercial that is airing in Sacramento [clip] Legal Medical Marijuana distributor convicted of marijuana distribution Geraldo: Even B Actors want marijuana legalized! [clip] GROW TIPS OF THE WEEK Call from Harry Hood, in an undisclosed midwestern state NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS Steve Fox on Fox News with Steve Douchey [clip] More Douchey! Risks associated with medical marijuana [clip] Two Democratic Governor Candidates Say Legalize It! Barack Obama on decriminalizing marijuana [clip] EAST SIDE, WUZZUP! MPP’s Dan Riffle Talks DC Medical Marijuana [clip] Marijuana Questions on Some Massachusetts Ballots POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Pro-Oregon.org launches in support of Measure 74 [clip] ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO NEWS Big Brother to watch over Colorado medical grows? SOUTHWEST New Mexico advisory board votes to expand medical marijuana [clip] MPP fundraising to air Arizona television ad [clip] Donate to the campaign MEXICAN DRUG WAR FIASCO Mexican Drug-War Violence Drags On FROM THE RESEARCH BIN Study Says Some Strains More Memory Hindering Than Others CLIP FOR END OF SHOW Reason video on medical use of marijuana [clip]

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]

JAY SELTHOFNER’S CAMPAIGN Interview with Jay QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS: Tony says Cook County has gone too far! Staley left us a voicemail and mentions the informative web site procon.org! You “cann” leave us a message, too! 707-654-CANN. He also sent a number of links and heady information, thanks bro! Eric from Arizona asks us to mention the Prop 203 campaign and its website. We have a feature later on in the show! Scott from Leafly.com says he heard us talking about his little green leaves! Perhaps we’ll have him on next week! Request for more questions/comments - we’re getting more of these, perhaps one day we’ll be able to have a whole show dedicated to listener questions. As a reminder you can leave your question via email at [email protected], but it’d be nice to hear your lovely voices on our message line at 707-654-CANN! ANNOUNCEMENTS “This Show Will Get You High”, a sketch comedy airing on Comedy Central: October 27 @ 3:00am, October 28 @ 4:30am, November 1 @ 4:00am. What’s up with those hours? Erron from COBRA Medical Group in Tacoma WA asks listeners to go to the city council meeting Tuesday Oct 19th at 5PM. CALIFORNIA UPDATE Interview and Prop 19 Fact Check with Chris Conrad Chris mentions websites westcoastleaf.com, chrisconrad.com and taxandregulate.org Chris Conrad debating Dragonfly de la Luz on KZYX radio (Mendocino) Geraldo is in favor of Prop 19 [clip] Diverse Group of Law Professors Endorses Proposition 19 Obama administration denounces Prop 19 Yes on 19 campaign responds to Eric Holder on marijuana legalization Meg Whitman: Every single law enforcement official in this entire state is against Proposition 19 [clip] Judge Andrew Napolitano brings on Tommy Chong and Joseph McNamera [clip] Jimmy Kimmel says legalizing pot will create jobs [clip] Taiwanese Animated Report on Prop 19 Marijuana Initiative [clip] ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT! Eric’s Writeup (email) Prop 203 is a revised statute which amends previously passed MMJ initiative Excellent Prop 203 Coverage From Cannabis Culture Magazine NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS Amsterdam psychiatrist blasts US drug-czars for distortions and fear-mongering NEWS FROM THE EAST COAST NJ Senator plans to repeal government rules CANNABIS IN SPORTS Let Timmy Smoke!!!!  Go Giants!!!!! STONED IN THE SOUTH Tennessee man fights to legalize pot [clip] Cannabis legalization in ....FLORIDA?  AG Candidate says legalize it! NUGGET OF THE DAY Jaime’s interview with Dr. Gwen Jordan J.D Ph. D. Is the legalization of marijuana unconstitutional? (Steve Douchey with Asa Hutchinson) [clip] DEA Admins Unite! Unfortunate Ignorance to Constitutional Law Noted Dan Riffle's "Constitutional Law for Dummies and DEA Administrators" CLIP FOR END OF SHOW From Reason TV: The Science of Medical Cannabis, a Conversation with Donald Abrams, M.D. [clip]

REVIEW THE SHOW ON ITUNES If you feel so inclined, leave a review for the show on the iTunes Music Store, and please use the word 'marijuana' in your review. We're trying to boost our search exposure, and we're hoping this might help! Click this link, then click 'View in iTunes' on the left, scroll down and click the 'Write a Review' link... JAY SELTHOFNER Jay Selthofner speaks at Madison Hemp Fest Saturday Oct 2, 2010 [clip] Make a contribution to the Friends of Jay Selthofner! QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS: Tongan Ninja in New Zealand - Bouquets of Weed, Awesome, loved it! Erron in Tacoma with a link to the letter that was sent to dispensaries Staley sent clips from Tacoma demonstration Sean sent us in the first listener Bongs and Thongs submission An email from Pat in Wisconsin letter regarding 1961 UN treaty ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS Is anybody in the listening audience capable of volunteering to developing a basic iPhone app for the show? We think it may broaden our reach significantly. We’d like some basic features: push notification for new shows, browse and listen to (stream) shows in the archive, and see recent updates on our Facebook page. There’s no pay in this, but if you have what it takes, let us know! Promo for our special November 2 live election coverage, starting at 8pm PST and going as long as we feel like it. We’ll (hopefully) be taking live callers so tune in and be ready to dial in! CALIFORNIA UPDATE Only one week left until the election! How can you help out? Phone Bank and Canvass! Yes on 19 internal poll data discussion (read from Tom’s email. link to data) External polls show the opposite Drug Czar continues to bash Prop 19 Group of mothers support Prop 19 release video and letter [clip] Link to letter from mothers group Former US Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders supports Prop 19 [clip] Danny Glover and Melissa Etheridge: Vote Yes on Prop 19 [clip] From the Yes on 19 campaign, Ask for ID [clip] Will prop 19 slow down marijuana related violence? LA County Sheriff to continue busting pot even if 19 passes New Report Shows Blatant Disparities in Cannabis Arrests Humboldt County Board of Supervisors support Prop 19 Debate on Prop 19 with Joseph McNamera, parts one and two BBC report on the California marijuana trade [clip] NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS Statewide and National Organizations Join Coalition in Support of Prop 19 FEATURE INTERVIEW Scott from Leafly.com explains his site, which provides user-based reviews of cannabis strains. Check it out! NEWS FROM THE EAST MMJ Talks Re-Emerge in Maryland “Elaborate” marijuana manufacturing business found in Franklin Park, PA [clip] SOUTH DAKOTA Initiative Measure 13 Headed For A Vote, Enthusiasm is High POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Dispensaries Under Attack In Tacoma Washington [clip] Tacoma Backs Off Closing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries SENSI STOCKS MARKET UPDATE Marijuana Stocks in High Demand Cannabis Science working on smokefree product? (CFO is Richard Cowan, former Director of NORML) Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS), Cannabis Medical Solutions, Inc. (CMSI), Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA) WOMEN AND WEED - Title it BONGS AND THONGS!!!! Our first listener submission came in before we actually even got to preview the segment.  Thanks Sean!!! Girls Gone Weed, Ganja Girls, Girls 4 Ganja, 420 Girls, 420 Party Babes SMOKE BREAK! Spoetnik #2 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO NEWS CNN piece on the Colorado medical scene [clip] Colorado waives medical marijuana fees for poor TALKING SHOP H2O2 in water for plants? SOUTHWEST The Legal Effects of Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act [clip] MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE Would Somebody PLEASE Educate These Officers?!?! FROM THE RESEARCH BIN Why is it so hard to study marijuana? [clip] NUGGET OF THE DAY Prop 19 for legalization in California Prop 203 for medical marijuana in Arizona Initiated Measure 13 for medical marijuana in South Dakota Measure 74 for regulated dispensaries in Oregon Jay Selthofner for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41 Jim Lewis for Florida Attorney General ALSO A REMINDER This Show Will Get You High airs 10/27 (3:00am), 10/28 (4:30am), and 11/1 (4:00am) on Comedy Central CLIP FOR END OF SHOW Allen St. Pierre vs. Covina Police Chief Kim Raney [clip]

Our first-ever live show features election results from California, Oregon, Arizona and South Dakota, plus live callers! Stuff we talk about (For shownotes): Cheech and Chong on Legalizing Marijuana [clip] Yes on Prop 19 runs on Daily Show and Colbert Report [clip] Harvard Economics Professor Says Marijuana Measure Would Aid California Budget [clip] Zach Galifianakis Smokes Joint on Bill Maher [clip] Humor: Commercials If Prop 19 Passes [clip] Tim Lincecum: World Series Champ, Marijuana User Resources: Prop 19 Results Page Humboldt County Election Results Page YesOn19.com Oregon Election Results Page Measure74.com Arizona Election Results Page South Dakota Election Results Page Wisconsin Election Results JaySelthofner.com

CALIFORNIA UPDATE Election results & plans for the future California reject Prop 19 but approves new pot taxes Measure S & T pass in Berkeley CNN clip from Election Night [clip] Discussion over Prop 19 failure. Low young voter turnout, High Tea Party turnout, “Marijuana Moms and Dads.” YES on 19 raised 4.2 million dollars Jimmy Kimmel clip on Prop 19 Campaign Ads [clip] MARC EMERY Facebook Status Update: Marc is extremely lonely and depressed in the Nevada Southern Detention Centre, waiting to be moved to Taft FCI in California. No word on when it'll happen. No books, magazines, mail, visits, commissary... it's mental torture being stuck here. Not wanting to eat anymore. Not wanting to do anything. Desperately need to hear from the outside world. Please send letters! www.CannabisCulture.com/SendMarcMail NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS Many Pro-Cannabis Votes Go Unheralded Across the Nation Agents shut down Tijuana marijuana tunnel [clip] NEWS FROM THE EAST Massachusetts Voters Strongly Back Changes in Nonbinding Vote CANNABIS IN SPORTS Okay, Now can Timmy smoke? Tim Lincecum responds to marijuana use [clip] STONED IN SOUTH DAKOTA (But not legally yet) Med-Pot Measure Takes Brutal Beating in SD Polls POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Measure 74 defeated in Oregon THE INTERNATIONAL  WEEDSCAPE New Zealand Gets Med-Pot, Sort Of MICHIGAN MARIJUANA Michiganites Find Some Hope in Attorney General-elect Bill Schuette SMOKE BREAK LA Confidential at Leaf.ly ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO NEWS Could Colorado be the next legalization battleground? Legalize2012 kick off event in Boulder the day after elections    You Can Check Their Site at  Legalize2012 SOUTHWEST Arizona's Prop 203 Fails as Last Votes Counted MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE And the governor issss ...........Pat Quinn FROM THE RESEARCH BIN British Researchers Publish Study Re-enforcing SAFER Logic CLIP FOR END OF SHOW Legalizing Marijuana Will Be A Bigger Blow To Drug Cartels [clip]