(Another set of improvements from our move to Ustream allows me to now add player windows for not just the entire show, but each segment as well.  See the thin lines in the player’s bottom “slider” to fast-forward to the Hemp Headlines, Toker Tunes, Interview, and Rant segments of each show from now on!)

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Hemp Headlines

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1. Michigan Appeals Court ruling determines that patient-to-patient cannabis sales are illegal, dispensaries begin closing
2. Dennis Kucinich speaks at Seattle Hempfest

Daily Toker Tunes

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• Groovin’ Thursday: Kottonmouth Kings – “Boom Car Sound”

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Speaker’s Corner

• John Delaney, retired District Court Judge from Bryan, Texas

Radical Rant

• Hotel explosion in Oregon exposes the dangers of butane hash oil

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Hemp Headlines

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2. Wake’n'Bake Cannabis Patient Lounge operator to plead guilty in Oregon’s first dispensary prosecution
3. TV’s Survivor features a Denver medical marijuana dispensary owner
4. NBA’s Zach Randolph involved in beating of man with bat over marijuana deal
5. Drug Czar responds to Tennessean legalization op-ed by notig dangers of prescription drugs

Daily Toker Tunes

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• Electrix Tuesday: Satta Spliff – “Love and Inity”

Cannabis Community

• Seattle Hempfest: Rick Steves on Main Stage
• Seattle Hempfest: Jodie Emery on Seeley Stage

Radical Rant

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• Support ALL LegalizationS (or: Can’t We All Just Get a Bong?)

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This week on NORML SHOW LIVE we took a look at four states where activists are proposing multiple ballot initiatives to legalize… or “sensibly regulate”… marijuana for all adults, even healthy ones. We covered Oregon, California, Colorado, and Washington, click the Full Story link below to get the lineup of interviewees and videos.

Join us online for our live coverage this weekend at Seattle Hempfest.  We have interviews scheduled with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Councilman Nick Licata, City Attorney Pete Holmes, Washington Rep. Roger Goodman, Washington Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, and US Congressman Dennis Kucinich, plus all the activist luminaries and performing artists we can snag!  Check out our NORML Stage Schedule for more info.

OREGON

• Bob Wolfe from Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative
• Jen Alexander from Oregon Cannabis Tax Act
• Leland Berger from Sensible Oregon

CALIFORNIA

• Dale Sky Jones from Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform
• Dr. Frank Lucido from Cannabis Law Institute

COLORADO

• Mason Tvert from Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

WASHINGTON

• Alison Holcomb from New Approach Washington
• Douglas Hiatt from Sensible Washington

Over three days, close to 300,000 people will attend the largest continuous political rally in the world, Seattle Hempfest!

This weekend, NORML Board, Staff, and Activists from both coasts and everywhere in-between will converge on the waterfront between Centennial and Olympic Sculpture Parks in Seattle, Washington, for the twentieth anniversary Seattle Hempfest.

Visit our NORML / HIGH TIMES Booth! We are next to the rocky Puget Sound waters in the Stone Village south of the Share Parker Main Stage.  You won’t have trouble finding us – this year we have a seven-foot green helium balloon with the NORML logo to guide you to our booth.

Can't find Hempfest? Go to the Space Needle and follow your nose southwest...

We will be bringing you exclusive VIP coverage of Hempfest live on The NORML Network.  Next week we’ll bring you recorded video on NORMLtv and audio on our NORML SHOW LIVE podcast.  Features will include Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Washington Representatives Roger Goodman  and Mary Lou Dickerson, PBS travel guru Rick Steves, federal medical marijuana patient Elvy Musikka, legendary grower Ed Rosenthal, Weed Wars star and Harborside director Steve DeAngelo, among many of the interviews and speeches we will bring to you.  We’ll also be backstage with the Kottonmouth Kings, The Accused, the Herbivores, and all the great bands than make Hempfest rock, with exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews.

• We will have backstage live coverage at the Share Parker Main Stage through our NORML SHOW LIVE Stickam feed.  Visit http://live.norml.org to watch the feed.  Create an account on Stickam and join our live chat.  Follow @NORMLNet on Twitter to get the latest live stream updates of guests and features.
• We will have roaming coverage of the vendors, stages, speakers, and panels recorded on video that will be uploaded later to NORMLtv.  Visit http://youtube.com/natlnorml to see the final edited versions of the videos.  Our Outreach Coordinator, Russ Belville, will also be posting raw cell-phone video in real-time.  Visit http://www.twitvid.com/videos/radicalruss to see the videos and follow @RadicalRuss on Twitter for video updates.
• We will also be recording many of the speakers and panels for replay next week on the NORML SHOW LIVE podcast.  You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes and find all the recordings available for download through the Stash Blog at http://stash.norml.org.

NORML Board, Staff, and Activists Schedule (UPDATED Thu) (click for complete schedule, subject to change, see Hempfest for final schedule).  Our NORML Activists will be speaking on all four main stages to over 300,000 attendees over three days to educate the public and the politicians about the urgent need to legalize cannabis hemp in America.

FRIDAY

• 12:30pm – NORML Outreach Coordinator Russ Belville @ Hemposium (Media Panel)
• 2:45pm – NORML Legal Committee’s Doug Hiatt @ McWilliams Stage
• 3:40pm – Miami Valley NORML Director Tonya Davis
• 3:40pm – NORML Legal Committee’s Leland Berger @ Seeley Stage
• 3:45pm – NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre @ McWilliams Stage
• 3:50pm – NORML Advisory Board’s Rick Steves @ Main Stage
• 4:05pm – NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup @ Seeley Stage
• 4:10pm – NORML Board & Oregon NORML’s Madeline Martinez @ Seeley Stage
• 4:35pm – NORML Board’s William Panzer @ McWilliams Stage
• 5:00pm – Doug Hiatt @ Seeley Stage
• 5:35pm – Leland Berger @ McWilliams Stage
• 5:40pm – MassCann/NORML’s Keith Saunders @ Main Stage
• 5:45pm – Washington NORML’s Kevin Oliver @ Main Stage
• 6:35pm – Russ Belville @ Main Stage
• 8:00pm – All of the above and more at the VIP Speaker’s Social @ Hemposium (ticket required)

SATURDAY

• 12:40pm – NORML Legal Committee’s Jeff Steinborn and Leland Berger @ Hemposum (Know Your Rights Panel)
• 12:45pm – Tonya Davis @ McWilliams Stage
• 1:30pm – Doug Hiatt @ Hemposium (Patients out of Patience Panel)
• 1:50pm – Jeff Steinborn @ Main Stage
• 3:40pm – Rick Steves @ Main Stage
• 3:40pm – Keith Saunders @ Seeley Stage
• 3:45pm – Keith Stroup @ McWilliams Stage
• 4:00pm – Madeline Martinez @ McWilliams Stage
• 4:45pm – Doug Hiatt @ Main Stage
• 5:35pm – Keith Saunders @ McWilliams Stage
• 6:35pm – Madeline Martinez @ Main Stage
• 6:45pm – Allen St. Pierre @ Main Stage

SUNDAY

• 12:40pm – California NORML’s Dale Gieringer @ Hemposium (Beyond Prohibition Panel)
• 1:30pm – Rick Steves @ Hemposium (extended remarks)
• 1:40pm – William Panzer @ Main Stage
• 2:10pm – Madeline Martinez and Tonya Davis @ Hemposium (National Activism Panel)
• 3:35pm – Jeff Steinborn @ Seeley Stage
• 3:40pm – Keith Stroup @ Main Stage
• 3:40pm – Kevin Oliver @ Seeley Stage
• 3:45pm – Russ Belville @ Seeley Stage
• 3:50pm – Rick Steves @ Main Stage
• 3:55pm – Allen St. Pierre @ Seeley Stage
• 4:45pm – Dale Gieringer @ Main Stage
• 5:40pm – Kevin Oliver @ McWilliams Stage
• 6:40pm – Russ Belville @ McWilliams Stage

HEMPFEST 2011

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Hemp Headlines

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1. Michelle Bachmann ignores medical marijuana states rights question on campaign trail
2. New York woman loses children over marijuana amount so low the prosecutor won’t charge her
3. Massachusetts company maps genetic code of cannabis
4. Oregon State Police denies any special treatment for star football players busted for 118MPH in hot-boxed car

Daily Toker Tunes

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• Groovin’ Thursday: Iration – “Turn Around”

Grassroots Activism

• Alison Holcomb from New Approach Washington
• Douglas Hiatt from Sensible Washington

Cannabis Community

• Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest

"Preparing" for Seattle Hempfest involves more than just sunscreen, sensible shoes, and cash for vendors...

This weekend we prepare for Seattle Hempfest.  This 20th anniversary event will, for the first time, take place over three days at the Waterfront between Olympic Sculpture Park in the South and Centennial Park in the North (see hempfest.org).  It’s 1.6 miles, six stages, hundreds of vendors, and 150,000 or so attendees, all gathered to celebrate freedom, assemble peaceably, and petition our government for a redress of grievances; namely the prohibition of cannabis hemp.  We begin our live streaming of Hempfest on Friday at http://live.norml.org.

Legalization is no longer the forbidden topic (even if we’re playing it close to the vest and calling it “sensible regulation”) and this short week we are taking a closer look at the topic with the proponents of marijuana legalization in four Western states.  We’re calling it “Legalization Week” – it’s like “Shark Week”, but much mellower.

MONDAY:  Oregon Cannabis Tax Act’s Jen Alexander, Sensible Oregon‘s Leland Berger, and Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative‘s Bob Wolfe on marijuana legalization and medical dispensaries in Oregon.

TUESDAY: Oaksterdam University‘s Dale Sky Jones on marijuana legalization in California and Oaksterdam’s expansion into Michigan.

WEDNESDAY:  SAFER‘s Mason Tvert on the Sensible Colorado marijuana legalization proposal.

THURSDAY:  ACLU of Washington Drug Policy Project‘s Alison Holcomb and Sensible Washington‘s Douglas Hiatt on marijuana legalization in Washington State; plus Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest, with a preview of the weekend.

We may add more guests for Legalization Week, so watch this post for updates.  We’re also taking your live calls at 971-533-7111 in Hour Two to discuss the various proposals.