President Obama remains against the national legalization of marijuana "at this point in time," but says that enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized recreational use of the drug should is not a high priority for the government.

President Barack Obama says federal authorities should not target recreational marijuana use in two Western states where it has been made legal given limited government resources and growing public acceptance of the controlled substance.

Washington state made history on Thursday as the first in the nation to legalize marijuana possession for adult recreational use, an occasion celebrated by dozens of users near Seattle's famed Space Needle tower amid blaring reggae music and a haze of pot smoke.

The Oregon Live reported on Nov. 24 that seven-year-old Mykayla Comstock consumes medical marijuana to help "her fight an especially aggressive form of leukemia, keeps infection at bay and lifts her weary spirit."

A leftist Mexican lawmaker on Thursday presented a bill to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.

While the country was electing a commander-in-chief for the next four years, Colorado and Washington had something extra on their ballots - legalization of marijuana.

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