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]
• ACLU Says “Let Dr. Lyle Cracker GROW!”

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - COLORADO/MONTANA NEWS (IDAHO?)

• Federal raids target MMJ in Montana
• New legislation creates stricter restrictions for medical marijuana dispensaries [clip]
• Target 13 “undercover” special portrays Colorado system as abusive [clip]
• Colorado lawsuit will challenge medical marijuana restrictions [clip]
• Medical-marijuana skin patch may be marketed in Colorado

CANNABIS ETIQUETTE/CULTURE

• Don’t shop when you’re high? Do you agree?

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

• 7% marijuana tax hits San Jose, Santa Cruz county considering taxes too [clip]

• More on the San Jose dispensary tax [clip]

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

• Former MMA star sued over outdoor grow

HAWAII HIGHS

• Puna Bud reports in with promising news from Hawaii!
• SB1460 would decriminalize one ounce or less of marijuana.
• SB1458 creates licenses for medical marijuana compassions centers, establishes sales tax, and may contain an exception for out-of-state cardholders.
• SB175 transfers jurisdiction from State Department of Public Safety to Department of Health.

CANNABIS TRIVIA

• From Trucker Bill: Does holding in pot smoke for as long as possible really get you higher?

STONED IN THE SOUTH

• Florida representative seeking to implement MMJ legislation [clip]
• Kentucky legislators downgrade several drug offenses

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

• A border patrol agent uses his keen intuition to capture 700 pounds of marijuana - Subtitle: Meanwhile, 7000 pounds are smuggled without being caught [clip]

EAST COAST SCOOP

• RI names three locations for MMJ compassion centers [clip]
• Connecticut Rep. Toni Walker on medical marijuana [clip]

BUT IS IT SOPHISTICATED?

• Baltimore police make largest grow bust ever [clip]

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

• Dr. Lester Grinspoon on Penn & Teller’s Bullshit [clip]