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Hemp Headlines

1. Rep. Barney Frank reintroduces bill to end federal penalties for personal pot possession
2. Cops question medical marijuana cards for “seemingly healthy” people
3. America’s first state-certified medical marijuana dispensary set to open in New Mexico
4. Paul Stanford, a “Legal Pot Pusher” with “$3 million business”? CNN, Anderson Cooper, shame on you!

Cannabis Conversations

• Paul Stanford of The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation on last night’s AC360° profile.

Daily Toker Tunes by Marijuana Music Awards

• Best Acoustic Song – ‘It’s Only a Weed’ by Chief Greenbud

Southern California Scene with Tere Joyce

• Laura Levites, comedian from New York City, toured with Lisa Lampenelli, now living in Los Angeles, on the differences between NY vs. LA weed scene.

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Hemp Headlines

1. Americans for Safe Access appeal to force government to tell the truth about medical marijuana
2. Mexican Congress debates legalizing marijuana
3. DEA: Mexican drug violence is a sign of progress, not failure

Reefer Madness

• “These are not the droids you’re looking for.” – Asa Hutchinson says “Public is in no mood to legalize marijuana”

Southern California Cannabis with Tere Joyce

• John Fugelsang visits to talk about the history of marijuana prohibition

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• Rockin Thursday! – ‘Smoke a Little Pot’ by HannaH*s Field

Cannabis Conversations

• Geoff from the Idaho band Various Lazy talks to us from prison about the complications of trying to record a new album before serving a sentence as a marijuana POW.

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Hemp Headlines

1. Attorney general signals shift in marijuana policy
2. First medical marijuana producer in NM approved
3. ‘Few tablespoons’ of pot found in Derek Copp’s off-campus apartment, lawyer says
4. Hydroponics invoice from High Times advertiser led to arrest of sports columnist David Mayo
5. Truck At Hydroponics Store Traced; Pot Raided

Southern California Cannabis with Tere Joyce

• Jeffrey Petersen from Cannabis Chronicles XXX discusses the intersection of the cannabis community and the adult entertainment industry.

Daily Toker Tunes by Marijuana Music Awards

• Rockin Thursday! – ‘Mary Jane’ by Mitch and the Polecats

Cannabis Conversations

• Warren Edson from NORML Legal Committee discusses the recent tenfold increase in the Colorado medical marijuana program and the rise of storefront dispensaries in Denver.

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I am really enjoying my opportunities to speak with former law enforcement officers about the drug war.  Today we speak with Jonathan Wender, the professor and former/current law enforcement officer who was fired for his controversial drug war views (see Stash story here).  

Then activist/comedian Tere Joyce is back with the newly-revamped Southern California Report, where we get the latest on cannabis culture in Hollywood and beyond.  We learn about Tere’s work as a caregiver for an elderly lady and how the state human services department is interfering over medical marijuana.

Tere brings a friend of mine from the PacNW, Mark “The Mustard Man” Kikel (or “Musty” to his friends) on the show to promote a benefit concert to help pay his impending medical bills.  A full slate of top PacNW comedy talent is onstage tomorrow in my hometown, Potland, Oregon, at the Bagdad Theater, 7:30pm  Tickets are only $5 and you’ll be helping one of our own defray the costs of double hip replacement surgery in six weeks.  Mark was canned by his employer and needs to raise only a few hundred bucks to keep the COBRA coverage that will pay for the operation.  I’ll be there supporting Musty, and I hope my web-footed homies here in Stumptown will join me.

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Sorry to be so late, Stashers, but I got caught up doing a lot of research and blogging under my political hat.  See, there was this speech last night that was #2 all-time in ratings for a political convention (somebody else last week scored #1) and I had to address that over at the Blend and the Writ.

It’s 420 Comedy day, and Tere Joyce joins us again.  This time she brings us a twenty-year stand-up vet, Bill Browning of ComedyNation.com, and we have a couple laughs talking about the current political race and, of course, weed!

I’ve also got the first portion of my Marijuana and the Media panel from the Hemposium at the Seattle Hempfest.  Joining me in the discussion are Dominic Holden, a writer for The Stranger and an activist with NORML; David Nott from Reason Magazine; Mason Tvert from SAFER Choice; and our own Steve Bloom from CelebStoner.com (it was my first time meeting Steve face-to-face).

Plus we’ve got some music from Portland’s late lamented Elliott Smith.  Yeah, it’s getting all Portlandy up in this place… because the Portland Hempstalk is just two days away!