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]