and sell and smoke pot in colorado and washington, or is it not? we are not the only ones asking this question. the people in charge are asking the question, too. the governor of colorado has indicated he also has no idea how this is going to work. on election day he put out a state reminding coloradans under federal law pot is still illegal, so they should hold off on the cheat toes and goldfish for the time being. they met with the deputy attorney general to figure out how this will be handles. meanwhile prosecutors in the two largest counties in washington state have taken matters into their own hands. they have dropped hundreds of cases of pot possession in that state. hundreds of criminal cases have been dropped. the king county prosecutor says there's no point in continuing to seek criminal penalties for conduct that will be legal next month. true enough. however, in the same state out in the eastern part of washington state and spokane county, prosecutors there say