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Summary: Episode #33 on 10/10/10 for our first three hour episode. We must be lucky - or something! ANNOUNCEMENTS MPP’s online phone banking for marijuana legislation in multiple states MMGA 2010 Annual Symposium Going On Now.  Live video stream available. CALIFORNIA UPDATE Will California Voters vote to legalize marijuana? [clip] Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps Donates $100K to YES on 19 Facebook co-founders give $170K to YES on 19 Interview with Nick from California regarding his concerns about Prop 19 Where do you think the Napa Valley of weed will be? Let us know! Berkeley to vote on two local pot measures Law Enforcers Say Control and Tax Cannabis to Protect Public Safety Allen St. Pierre vs. Asa Hutchinson on California’s Prop 19 POT AND PARTY POLITICS Dems looking to cash in on youth vote through cannabis initiatives in 2012 Is cannabis legalization key to getting Democrats re-elected? [clip] NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT / NEWS FROM THE FEDS Gateway theory? Federal report says pot use up, cocaine down Gary Johnson to Steven Colbert: Marijuana is Safer [clip] NEWS FROM THE EAST NJ clarifies rules regarding the distribution of mmj CANNABIS IN SPORTS Lincecum Strikes Out 14 in NLDS HAWAII MMJ Patient numbers on the rise on the big island POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Oregon closing in on election day for Prop 74 and the dispensary decision Officer Shoots Unarmed Pregnant Woman During Raid POT’S PARAPHERNALIA Use a little olive/vegetable/corn oil on your metal grinder if it gets sticky. Zig-Zag 1.25 Ultra Thin - a very good paper you can find almost anywhere. MICHIGAN MARIJUANA Medical marijuana conference might move to Cobo Lack of clarity on mmj rules may cause conundrum in MI GROW TIP OF THE WEEK Next week: Thrips!  - Chunk Norris in an advanced discourse on all sorts of insects. SOUTHWEST Phoenix Cardinals Give $10K Against Arizona MMJ Initiative MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE (update) ILL MMJ Bill Sponsor Hopes House-members Will Step Up After Election Jim Miller (CMMNJ.org) at the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Fest [clip] FROM THE RESEARCH BIN Marijuana’s potential adverse health effects NUGGET OF THE DAY Government Data Says Prohibition Has Failed CLIP FOR END OF SHOW Gary Johnson on the Dylan Ratigan show [clip]