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!](http://jayselthofner.com/ca)

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](http://StopTheDrugWar.org)

* Staley mentions the raids have died down, and shares two links. [Medical marijuana farmer’s market](http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/19/1348476/medical-pot-providers-stage-farmers.html) \[[also a clip\]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BB04KI0zU) and [NORML Conference audio links](http://www.norml.org/rss/normlevents_podcast.xml). 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](http://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]](mailto:[email protected])!

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

* [Oakland City Councilwoman discusses taxing and regulating marijuana](http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3898076/profiting-from-medical-marijuana/) \[clip\]

* [Some Prop 19 polling data](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/poll-californians-want-to-legalize-marijuana/63405/)

* [Gov. Schwartzenegger writes an op-ed in LA Times regarding union endorsement of Prop 19](http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/seiu-is-off-base-on-legalizing-pot/)

* [Look whose funding YES on 19](http://www.celebstoner.com/201009214897/news/marijuana-news/look-whos-funding-yes-on-prop-19.html?utm_source=feedburner)

* [Sierra Nevada Brewing Company opposes donation made by CBBD](http://www.celebstoner.com/201009214885/news/marijuana-news/sierra-nevada-brewing-co-opposes-beer-distribs-donation-to-no-on-prop-19.html)

* [Debate over financial impact of Prop 19](http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/follow-the-money-the-impact-of-legalized-pot/)

* [Newly formed group California Cannabis Association opposes Prop 19](http://www.capradio.org/articles/2010/09/21/california-cannabis-association-opposes-prop-19-) \[clip\]

* [Prop 19 Would Help -- Not Hurt -- Medical Marijuana Patients](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-borden/prop-19-would-help-not-hu_b_735846.html)

* [Redding](http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/pot-clinic-fends-off-new-legal-questions/) [215 clinic raises interesting legal questions regarding recommendation](http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/pot-clinic-fends-off-new-legal-questions/)s

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS

* [Illegal drug use is up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoTHctl1dIc) \[clip\]

* [Should the Republican agenda include marijuana legalization?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZoQkduiPwk) \[clip\]

EAST SIDE, WUZZUP!

* [20-30 people smoked pot en route to Boston Freedom Rally on MBTA train.  Three Cited](http://www.wickedlocal.com/beverly/news/x1916540776/Dozens-smoking-marijuana-on-MBTA-train-in-Beverly)

* [Massachussetts](http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/news/x1165094162/Brookline-Newton-and-Wellesley-voters-to-weigh-in-on-marijuana-sales-and-taxation) [voters in Brookline, Newton and Wellesley get to weigh in on marijuana sales and taxation at ballot box](http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/news/x1165094162/Brookline-Newton-and-Wellesley-voters-to-weigh-in-on-marijuana-sales-and-taxation)

NEW MEXICO

* [Special education teacher arrested for growing marijuana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h845ljhIEME) \[clip\]

MARC EMERY

* [Marc punished for another unwritten rule](http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/24933)

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

* [Oregon Representative will introduce Cannabis Legalization Bill](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/sep/24/oregon_representative_introduce?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO, MONTANA, IDAHO, UTAH

* [Montana authorized caregiver exceeds plant limits](http://dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_fd817b92-c77e-11df-86f4-001cc4c03286.html)

FROM THE RESEARCH BIN

* [10 major health benefits of medical marijuana](http://hempnews.tv/2010/09/25/10-major-health-benefits-of-medical-marijuana-infographic-3/)

* [Does cannabis relieve chronic pain?](http://hempnews.tv/2010/09/25/does-marijuana-really-relieve-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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUziSfMwAw) [MMJ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUziSfMwAw)[?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUziSfMwAw) \[clip\]

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

* A Short Lesson on Marijuana by Joe Rogan - [http://](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-al6S_Qe-_Q)[www.youtube.com](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-al6S_Qe-_Q)[/watch?v=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-al6S_Qe-_Q)[\-al6S\_Qe-\_Q](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-al6S_Qe-_Q)