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>> thank you, rachel. great to be here. i'm with you, i can't believe it's only four days into the new year. >> yeah. feels like a number of years under the belt already in 2018. let me ask you about your role in crafting the obama era guidelines in the first place. what was the thinking within the obama era in the justice department about how to manage the fact that marijuana's still illegal under federal law and states had taken steps to legalize it? >> you know, we had to weigh a number of factors, and i think looking at what the department of justice's role is in a federal states is one we...

Advocate the legalized marijuana. billions of dollars are on the line. big celebrity money. big weed money. this is initiative that is being pushed and pushed and pushed i think without regard to public health. but, on the issue of state vs. federal authority here, it is currently federal law, as john said, to prohibit recreational use of marijuana, possession, or distribution. if you want to change the law, change the law. so demonizing jeff sessions as some of these people are doing today, these growers they want to make money off the destruction of our development of young brains and so for...

Marijuana. billions of dollars are on the line. big celebrity money. big weed money. this is initiative that is being pushed and pushed and pushed i think without regard to public health. but, on the issue of state vs. federal authority here, it is currently federal law, as john said, to prohibit recreational use of marijuana, possession, or distribution. if you want to change the law, change the law. so demonizing jeff sessions as some of these people are doing today, these growers they want to make money off the destruction of our development of young brains and so forth i guess they can do ...

>> sessions is not leaving it up to the states now. he wants the federal government involved. >> yes. and he might prevail because you have a more right-leaning supreme court on this issue and may rule that the federal government takes precedent but this is hypocrisy. president clinton campaigned that he would not prioritize this issue and now republicans have crowed for years about the 10th amendment and states rights. this goes against it. >> marijuana is legal for recreational use in california. earlier in colorado. rebecca, listen to senator corey gardener. listen to his reaction to sessi ...

The supreme court case decide this one of two ways, just allowing new jersey, or it could be widespread to really give the rights to the states to have sports betting. heather: the best indian where? >> a 10th amendment issue and whether or not federal law is applicable, for new jersey they want to be one of the most limited states to be offering this because what is available. >> speaking of making things available, marijuana law going into effect. >> california started this year. >> recreational marijuana. >> this has been a voter question, the public past