a stance best defined as "tool." Anyways ... "Enforcing federal marijuana law against the states is purely a matter of prosecutorial discretion." The "take care" clause of the Constitution has SOME content. It is perfectly fine to say that they shouldn't target small personal possession though if they are investigating a serious crime and the pot will get them an "in," they very well might do it. But, take CO: Even here, there are horror stories, but putting aside Grandma having her home taken away since sonny has a few pot plants cultivated, it is quite another thing for the administration to not target large scale for profit "retail stores" and so forth. Particularly for purely recreational use. & what JFL etc. said about how "doing nothing" is actually "something" in reality. In my dreams, Obama says that he'll be happy to take up the extra judicial burdens associated with WA and CO state legalization the moment Congress allows him to fill all the federal judicial vacancies.