in the country to legalize pot for fun! no prescription required. just a few months later, the obama justice department issued a memo instructing federal attorneys to pull back from prosecuting those in compliance with the laws in the home states. that became the new policy for federal prosecutors. for the justice department. basically, let the states experiment with marijuana laws. marijuana was still illegal under federal statute but federal prosecutors wouldn t chase down cases in states that had some form of lawful pot. then in 2016, another 3 states voted to legalize medical marijuana and 4 more states approved recreational use. the trend. even the republican nominee for president sounded like he would be just fine keeping the obama administration s hands off policy on pot and letting states decide how to go with it. he got asked about it by a colorado reporter. you think colorado should be able to do what it s doing?
no prescription required. just a few months later, the obama justice department issued a memo instructing u.s. attorneys from essentially pulling back from prosecuting pot growers and users who were clearly in compliance with the laws in their home states. that became the new policy for federal prosecutors. for the justice department. basically, let the states experiment with marijuana laws. marijuana was still illegal under federal statute, but federal prosecutors wouldn t chase down cases in states that had some form of lawful pot. then in 2016, another three states vote to legalize medical marijuana and four more states approved recreational use. legalization undeniably popular and undeniably the trend. even the republican nominee for president sounded like he would be just fine keeping the obama administration s hands off policy on pot and letting states decide how to go with it. he got asked about it by a colorado reporter. you think colorado should be able to do what it s doing
paparazzi, and because of the internet and all the these web sites that we never heard of that are now bookmarked on millions of golf fans computers because of the tiger woods saga, i m not so sure how that will go for him. i wouldn t chase after him, you two never would, but the reality is the internet world, the tabloid world will have another idea completely on that one. pat, your final thought, we re out of time. good luck on shoos the media away from the blogosphere world, but i think he made a great first step. i ve known him for a long time. i was very proud of him today. like christine said, this will be a long, long road. pat o brien and christine brennan, guys, thanks very much for joining us. we re going to have the full tiger woods statement, we ll air the entire thing in the next hour here in the situation