The Cannabis Agenda Podcast

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Email from Tongan Ninja in NZ giving respect to Bob Marley on his birthday and scooping a story for us.
• Email from Sean with a grip of good questions. We’ll get to those ASAP.
• Email from Shakedown with a scoop for the you’ve got to be kidding me segment.

INTERVIEW WITH MASON TVERT

• [London reports that professionals are one of biggest demographic of people needing medical attention due to alcohol abuse over the holiday season](http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/welcome-to-the-war-zone-the-field-hospital-...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• A couple from “Shakedown Rich”
• Good advice on spitting from Grandma Nan

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

• If you’re a cannabis dispensary in California, give us a holler!

SENSI IN THE SOUTHWEST

• Regulating medical marijuana in Arizona
• Arizona considers decriminalization bill
• [New Mexico governor says repealing MMJ legislation is not a priority...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• SHAKEDOWN - We appreciate the scoops!
• RECREATIONAL MILITARY SMOKER - Weed in middle east, Italy, & Spice

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

• Marijuana Holds Top 50 Spots In Questions For Obama  See the list
• And Now: The President of the United States with “an entirely legitimate question for debate.” [[clip from 2004](http://www.youtube.com/w...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Mat from the HotBox podcast made some suggestions about the file size and hopefully this show will be a much “kinder” size.
• From Alex, about “The M Word.”

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

• LA City Council approves new medical marijuana law  [clip]
• Richard Eastman testifies on medical marijuana ordinance at Long Beach council meeting [clip]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS

• [A look at Colorado's HB11-1...

It's another long one, hold on to your britches!

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

• Thanks to the Hot Box Podcast for the shout out about MarijuanaPodcasts.com and mentioning the Cannabis Agenda :)

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

• Fresno bans outdoor crops after man kills intruders

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

• Making rude assumptions about other peoples weed

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

• [Who is responsible for keeping marijuana illegal?](http://www.trutv.com/v...

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

• MarijuanaPodcasts.com launches - aggregator for great cannabis-related podcasts on the web

SOUTHWEST

• Arizona gunman Jared Laughner smoked pot [clip]
• To what extent do you think pot played a role in Laughner’s mental state?

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

• [Medical marijuana raid in SLO County raises questions](http://www.sanluisobis...

Happy Birthday to Jaime!

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

• Yay! It is no longer a criminal offense to possess an ounce of herb in Cali! [clip]
• Oakland proceeding with warehouses, at snails pace
• Humboldt County considers new MMJ ordinance
• Medical Marijuana for Food holiday food drive [clip]
• [Food Drive, Dispensary Style: Free Joints For Canned Food](http...

Happy Holidays to all of our wonderful listeners!

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS

• Feds Say Teen Drug Use Up, Binge Drinking Down
• Teens smoking marijuana over tobacco! [clip]
• LA Times Editorial Says Kerlikowske Needs To Stay Solid On Assertions

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

• [San Jose Latest Target of Anti-Cannabis Measures](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/...

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

• Staley emails about saliva tests for cannabis, and asks about mildew resistant strains.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

• Kushcon II, Denver Colorado, Dec. 17th-19th

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

• Update: Victory! NIU Allows Drug Policy Reform Group on Campus
  We have Jeremy Orbach from NIU SSDP back on the line

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

• [Debate over legality of dispensaries rages on in Michig...

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

• Northern Illinois University censoring SSDP campus chapter? We have an interview with Jeremy Orbach and Erik Haslinger from NIU SSDP
• We also have Ana Deveras from the Illinois Cannabis Patient’s Association and an update on Illinois SB 1381
• House Sponser Representative Lou Lang Defending SB1381 [clip]
• [Illinois SB 1381 On Postponed Consideration Until January 2011...