QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM LISTENERS:

* Email from Tongan Ninja in NZ giving respect to Bob Marley on his birthday and scooping a story for us.
* Email from Sean with a grip of good questions. We’ll get to those ASAP.
* Email from Shakedown with a scoop for the you’ve got to be kidding me segment.

INTERVIEW WITH MASON TVERT

* [London reports that professionals are one of biggest demographic of people needing medical attention due to alcohol abuse over the holiday season](http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/welcome-to-the-war-zone-the-field-hospital-for-sozzled-city-staff-2164836.html)

* [Health watchdog makes several recommendations to help curb excessive drinking in Britain](http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-price-of-britains-drinking-problem-1989756.html)

* [Misrepresentation of facts in anti stoned-driving commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkMkdEN3AEQ) \[clip\]

CALIFORNIA UPDATE

* [SF cannabis delivery man drops a dime](http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/01/kevin_reed_sells_medical_canna.php)

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

* [Mobile clinics bring doctors to rural patients](http://news.yahoo.com/video/austinkvue-tv-15750583/medical-marijuana-clinics-on-wheels-24175707) \[clip\]
* [Montana house votes to repeal medical marijuana law](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/us/11marijuana.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss)

SOUTHWEST

* [City of Surprise, AZ to vote on MMJ regulations](http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/nw_valley/city-of-surprise-to-vote-on-medical-marijuana-regulations-02082011) \[clip\]
* [Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Starts MMJ Specific Taskforce](http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/sheriff-forms-special-enforcement-unit-targeting-medical-marijuana-02092011) \[clip\]

INTERVIEW WITH RAY GILLIAM

* Professor of Criminal Justice at University of Illinois Springfield

INTERNATIONAL INSANITY

* [Canadian judge throws out religious challenge to marijuana laws](http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/marijuana-law-challenge-denied-24111064) \[clip\]
* [Canadian doctors cautioned not to prescribe pot](http://www.cannabisnews.org/canadian-cannabis-news/medicalmarijuana-canadian-cannabis-news/doctors-cautioned-not-to-prescribe-pot/)
* [American faces death penalty in Egypt for hemp oil](http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2011/feb/07/american_facing_death_penalty_eg)

POT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

* Seattle HempFest attempting to negotiate venue for next year’s 20th anniversary
* [WA judge allows man to exceed state’s medical cultivation limits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8RpvHI364g) \[clip\]

MICHIGAN MARIJUANA

* [Michigan AG says MMJ law is being exploited](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Xyug5wuiU) \[clip\]
* [Judge rules in favor of Wal-mart in Casias case, ACLU will appeal](http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/matthews1297532758)

MIDWEST MALAISE AND GLIMMERS OF HOPE

* [Illinois Senator files MMJ bill SB1548](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1548&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57429&SessionID=84&GA=97)

EAST COAST SCOOP

* [RI bill would decriminalize less than one ounce of marijuana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou4T51eFFds) \[clip\]
* [Rhode Island pastor faces up to 40 years for cannabis cultivation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcunyPK2Gw) \[clip\]

TOPICS BARELY WORTH ANY OF OUR TIME

* [More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAioO_W9saI) [bad news](http://video.foxnews.com/v/4529852/synthetic-marijuana-bust/?playlist_id=87937) for “synthetic marijuana” \[clip\]
* [Family Feud: Name something that gets passed around](http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy/2011/feb/07/marijuana_wins_culture_war) \[clip\]

CLIP FOR END OF SHOW

* [Marijuana vs. Crystal Meth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p4Y7yAAmXM) \[clip\]