The Cannabis Agenda Podcast

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

• Supreme Court gives police more leeway in home searches
• Group sues feds over marijuana rescheduling petition delay
• Willie Nelson endorses Gary Johnson for President, then backpedals

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

• [Oregon Suprem...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Eva sent us a message about other “synthetic marijuana” products that may be on the market. This stuff looks like hash and could easily be passed off as such on the street.
• With regards to our question about if “Doobie” is still a cool word, James wrote in to say: “In my opinion the word doobie will never get old or be uncool it's like the great stoner classics such as Cheech & Chong.”
• Mike T. (aka Splifcoli) shares a couple of stories: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/robert-watson-faces-drug-\_n\_853236.html](http://www.huffingtonpost...

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

• Authorities Raid Spokane Medical Marijuana Dispensaries [clip]
• Washington Governor vetoes most of medical cannabis licensing bill [clip]
• Aftermath of the Spokane raids, dispensaries closing [clip]

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

• [Feds continue to influen...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Roy Ary sent in a scoop in regards to a big US bank laundering billions in drug money from Mexico gangs.
• Shakedown emailed in a couple stories which we are covering this week.  Thanks Shakedown!

ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS, QUESTIONS TO LISTENERS

• Oakland to combine 420 holiday with Earth Day celebrations

• Welcome to our new listeners on the NORML Network. We’re airing Mondays at 8pm PST and you can find the Network at live.norml.o...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Mat from the Hot Box Podcast called to welcome us to the NORML Network. Thanks Mat!
• King Closet from Chicago area asking for comment on SB 1258. We’ll answer the call later during the Midwest segment.
• Mr. Hyde from El Paso area writes about the drug war on the border. Not a happy situation.
• Phil writes in with regards to finding MMJ in Alaska. He’s a Iraq and Afghanistan vet who suffers from PTSD and TBI.
• Dan writes in about the Supremacy Clause discussion from last week. Thanks Dan! ...

Welcome to our new listeners on the NORML Network. We’re airing at Mondays at 8pm PST and you can find the Network at live.norml.org. We have to cut the show short to fit the one-hour time block, so check out the full show on iTunes or on our web site at CannabisAgenda.com.

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Mike lets us know that a Texas prosecutor says Willie Nelson could plead guilty to possession, pay a $100 fine, and play a courtroom performance of his 1975 hit “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain” as his community service. The Judge gets wind of this suggestion a...

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, EVENT...

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]
• [A...

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. ...

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 thin...