(2012/09/29) Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized (Drug War) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com

Edition #648

Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized

Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith 

Ch. 2: Act 1: Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized - Lee Camp - Air Date: 01-20-12

Ch. 3: Song 1: The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire Weekend

Ch. 4: Act 2: 49 Headless Bodies - War On Drugs In Mexico Is A Failure - Young Turks - Air Date 5-14-12

Ch. 5: Song 2: I will wait - Mumford & Sons

Ch. 6: Act 3: Addiction, brain abnormalities and heredity - le Show - Air Date: 2-5-12

Ch. 7: Song 3: Jailhouse rock - Elvis Presley

Ch. 8: Act 4: Drug Addict Looking For More Enabling Girlfriend - The Onion

Ch. 9: Song 4: Take the skinheads bowling - Camper Van Beethoven

Ch. 10: Act 5: DEA Won't Admit There Are Drugs Worse Than Marijuana - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-22-12

Ch. 11: Song 5: Drugs tonight - Stockdale and Shapiro

Ch. 12: Act 6: Dead Kids = Winning The War On Drugs According To DEA Head - The Young Turks - Air Date: 07-06-12

Ch. 13: Song 6: More and more - Captain Hollywood Project

Ch. 14: Act 7: Joe Biden - Please put your foot in your mouth about pot - Thom Hartmann - Air Date 5-24-12

Ch. 15: Song 7: The end of medicine - The New Pornographers

Ch. 16: Act 8: Guy Just Totally Smoking Weed On The Street - The Onion

Ch. 17: Song 8: High - The Cure

Ch. 18: Act 9: Time to Legalize Marijuana - The Progressive - Air Date: 3-30-12

Ch. 19: Song 9: Legalize it - Peter Tosh

Ch. 20: Act 10: NY Gov. Cuomo Proposes Decriminalizing Small Amounts of Marijuana - Majority Report - Air Date: 06-06-12

Ch. 21: Song 10: President - Wyclef Jean

Ch. 22: Act 11: Obama Second Term Plan For War on Drugs - The Young Turks - Air Date: 07-03-12

Ch. 23: Song 11: Give up the toad - Family Guy

Ch. 24: Act 12: Is the Drug War Actually Being Won - David Pakman - Air Date: 09-20-11

Ch. 25: Song 12: Clean up - Ari Herstand

Ch. 26: Act 13: Many Doctors Say It's 'High' Time To Legalize Marijuana - The Onion

Ch. 27: Song 13: She's got you high - Mumm-Ra

Ch. 28: Act 14: What Happened When Portugal Decriminalized Drugs? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 07-20-12

Ch. 30: Song 14: Not an addict - K's Choice

Ch. 31: Act 15: Paul Ryan endorses marijuana, time for Obama to do the same! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-10-12

Activism links:

The War On Drugs Cannabis Prohibition Animation

http://youtu.be/bcDDrLFUrgk

Voicemails:

Ch. 32: The need for highlighting the positive - Kevin from Helena, Montana

Ch. 33: Fair Net Radio petition call to action - Mat in Reading, PA

Ch. 34: Bad art is preferable to blowing people up - Anonymous

Ch. 35: The reasons to be frustrated with Obama, including marijuana - Byron from Greensboro, NC

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Voicemail Music: 

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Ch. 36: Final comments on a legalization video and bad art vs blowing people up

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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