If that's not link bait, we don't know what is... This week on the Agenda:

**In California**

* Overview of the California cannabis situation

* [High finance and corporate pot, California style](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38379515/ns/business-us_business/)

* [Police Kill Man at California Marijuana Farm](http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/07/23/Police-Kill-Man-California-Marijuana-Farm)

**National News**

* [New National Poll Finds 52% Say Legalize Marijuana](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/jul/22/new_national_poll_finds_52_say_l)

**Topics barely worth any of our time**

* [DARE Attacks Marijuana Legalization While Praising Alcohol](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2010/jul/20/dare_attacks_marijuana_legalizat)

**Cannabis in sports**

* [Michael Beasley signed by Minnesota Timberwolves.  Team President says he is maturing and “used too much marijuana in past”](http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5403970)

* [Timberwolves](http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5404989) [team president fined by NBA](http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5404989)

**Oregon - There’s lots going on in the land of green!**

* [Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensary Initiative Makes Ballot](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/jul/19/oregon_medical_marijuana_dispens)

**Nevada - Political Backing Becomes a Reality**

* [Dems](http://lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2010/07/22/news/local_news/iq_37028013.txt) [Back Medical Marijuana](http://lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2010/07/22/news/local_news/iq_37028013.txt)

**Midwest Malaise and Glimmers of Hope - News from the Midwest**

* [Medical Cannabis Has A Potential Ally in](http://www.journalstandard.com/opinions/x393523904/FROM-ANOTHER-VIEW-Medical-marijuana-should-be-legalized) [89th](http://www.journalstandard.com/opinions/x393523904/FROM-ANOTHER-VIEW-Medical-marijuana-should-be-legalized) [District Race](http://www.journalstandard.com/opinions/x393523904/FROM-ANOTHER-VIEW-Medical-marijuana-should-be-legalized)

**News from the Fed:**

* [Brand-Name Bud? Gold Rush To Patent Marijuana Strains Gets Snuffed By U.S. Patent Office](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704682604575368783687129488.html)

* [DEA Raids Michigan and California](http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/07/21-15)

* [THIS JUST IN from SSDP, Senate to pass edibles bill. Yikes!](http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1259/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4458)

* [Coalition Calls For Obama To Withdraw DEA Nomination](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/jul/21/coalition_calls_obama_withdraw_m)

* [Dangerous Cannabis Christian Held Without Bail](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/jul/19/marijuana_church_founder_too_dan)

* [Marc Emery released from Solitary Confinement after 3 weeks](http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/06/28/Silencing-Political-Prisoner-Marc-Emery-Spends-Three-Weeks-Solitary)

**From the research bin:**

* [Marijuana Use Rarely Leads to Emergency Room, Study Shows](http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/07/20/marijuana-use-seldom-associated-with-emergency-room-visits-first-ever-national-study-says/) 

**Good News of the Week**

* [Marijuana falls from East Texas Sky](http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/texas/100719-marijuana-falls-from-east-texas-sky)