Hey Stoners Welcome to The Johno Show Live I’m your weedtuber host Jonathan. It’s Monday January 9th 2017. Our main story tonight revolves around Elizabeth Warren’s letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to stop punishing banks that do business with cannabis-related companies in states where the sale of marijuana has been legalized. We’ll get to that in a minute but first here’s the other news:

Story 1:
A judge in south Jersey has ruled that a man injured on the job at a lumber company will have his medical marijuana tab paid by his employer's workers compensation insurance. This is a landmark decision for New Jersey.
The Judge said in the ruling that the injured employee provided thorough testimony that showed the effects of marijuana were not as debilitating as the effects of the Percocet previously taken by him and that as a result of his improved pain management, he had achieved a greater level of functionality. The judge said the worker was cautious, mature and exceptionally conscientious about managing his pain.
The lawyer for the company’s insurance carrier said his client respects the court decision and declined to comment further.
John Sarno, who as president and general counsel for the Employers Association of New Jersey often holds seminars on marijuana and the workplace, called the ruling "a straightforward reading of the law."
Story 2:
More than 450 people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have now enrolled in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program after Gov. Christie agreed to add PTSD to the list of treatable conditions.
The PTSD enrollees amount to about 4% of the 10,800 patients who legally buy medical cannabis from one of New Jersey’s five dispensaries. The increase adds further momentum to New Jersey’s medical cannabis program.
The state health department’s medical advisory board has said it would consider requests from dozens of people to add other qualifying conditions. So far the requested conditions include different causes of chronic pain, osteoarthritis, lupus and Lyme disease.
New Jersey’s Medical Marijuana program has been hampered by governor Christie who has shown little enthusiasm for medical cannabis. New Jersey also lacks doctors willing to be certified in the medical cannabis program.

Story 3:
Over 70,000 people have signed a new petition calling on the DEA to stop disseminating false information about medical cannabis and ensure that any future information reflects medically-accurate and up-to-date facts.
The filing could bring major changes to the way medical cannabis laws and regulations are treated by public officials. For decades, politicians have stated that now-disproven harmful effects were reasons to either prohibit or impose burdens on patients seeking safe and legal access to medical cannabis. The DEA admitted this past August that cannabis is not a gateway drug and does not cause long-term brain damage, psychosis, and other alleged harms however they have not removed these disproven references and are continuing to spread inaccurate information.
It’s illegal for the government to disseminate inaccurate information and the DEA must be held accountable. This misinformation hurts the millions of medical cannabis patients in the 29 states where cannabis treatment is legal, as well as patients in other states who are working to pass laws, for whom safe and reliable access to marijuana is a matter of necessity.
Story 4:
In what are they smoking news...a state commission in Arkansas has decided that residents hoping to grow medical marijuana will have to pay an annual fee of $100,000.

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission also decided that people who apply must have a $1 million bond or assets worth $1 million and be able to show $500,000 in cash liquidity. The requirements are in addition to a $15,000 application fee.

Story 5:
Elizabeth Warren and several other US Senators have asked the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to stop