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
• Police Kill Man at California Marijuana Farm

National News

• New National Poll Finds 52% Say Legalize Marijuana

Topics barely worth any of our time

• DARE Attacks Marijuana Legalization While Praising Alcohol

Cannabis in sports

• Michael Beasley signed by Minnesota Timberwolves.  Team President says he is maturing and “used too much marijuana in past”
• Timberwolves team president fined by NBA

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

• Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensary Initiative Makes Ballot

Nevada - Political Backing Becomes a Reality

• Dems Back Medical Marijuana

Midwest Malaise and Glimmers of Hope - News from the Midwest

• Medical Cannabis Has A Potential Ally in 89th District Race

News from the Fed:

• Brand-Name Bud? Gold Rush To Patent Marijuana Strains Gets Snuffed By U.S. Patent Office
• DEA Raids Michigan and California
• THIS JUST IN from SSDP, Senate to pass edibles bill. Yikes!
• Coalition Calls For Obama To Withdraw DEA Nomination
• Dangerous Cannabis Christian Held Without Bail
• Marc Emery released from Solitary Confinement after 3 weeks

From the research bin:

• Marijuana Use Rarely Leads to Emergency Room, Study Shows 

Good News of the Week

• Marijuana falls from East Texas Sky