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Last week, California voters passed a ballot proposition legalizing medical marijuana. For some time, the main active ingredient in marijuana has been available as a prescription pill. Advocates of marijuana as an antidote to nausea of chemotherapy, migraines, the pain of arthritis and many other aliments say that smoked marijuana delivers more reliable and regulatable relief than the pill form. However, many physicians feel that smoking is harmful and marijauna should not be prescribed by doctors.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Fred Barnes of the Weekly tandard magazine and Carl Cannon of the Baltimore Sun about some of the topics n the news of the past week, including President Clinton's re-election and trategy for a second term, along with comments made by ABC's David Brinkley bout the President.

Reviewer Alan Cheuse discusses a new book by first-time author Marly Swick, which focuses on the changes that occur within a midwestern family, touched off by the assassination of John Kennedy in 1963.

Last night the week-long Canadian Auto Workers strike against General Motors spread to every G-M plant in Canada. N-P-R's Don Gonyea reports that because the world's largest automaker stockpiled parts normally produced in the Canadian factories, analysts expect that US assembly plants won't be seriously affected until next week at the earliest.

Last night at the Democratic Convention, the Broadway cast of "Rent" performed the song "Seasons of Love." We'll hear some of that performance.

Monday's benediction at the Democratic National Convention was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Vashti [VAH-shtee] McKenzie, pastor of the Paine Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Commentator Lawrence Kushner tells the story of how an occasional business connection turned into a relationship involving spiritual guidance.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on new data that supports a controversial theory that women who have elective abortions are at increased risk for getting breast cancer.

Comedian Will Durst sees the futility of getting real news out of a convention, but he loves the scene surrounding the whole event anyway.

The federal government's budget deficit was a big campaign issue four years ago, but this time around it seems to have faded, partly because both parties have taken balanced budget pledges, but also because the deficit is much smaller now. NPR's John Ydstie reports that budget experts say the deficit may be down, but it's not out.