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But in stamps. offered an undercover investigator $60,000 in rare stamps plus jewelry to run over the man. she's been charged with criminal solicitation and conspiracy. some marijuana users can e light up without worry of the feds coming after them. they now say they will not challenge state laws that allow people to smoke marijuana for recreational use. >> now they say they're going to focus on bigger things like trafficking and keeping it away from kids. it's still illegal under federal law. states really just have to take feds by their word here. >> they'll have to take them at face value...

For them to possibly do the same thing, to simply decline to follow future federal law, maybe not just in marijuana but otherwise. >> wow, that's a very serious tone to take about marijuana. i asked about this issue during the white house briefing last week. let's listen for a moment, if you would, and we can talk about it on the other side. given the reported medical benefits of marijuana, does the president believe the government should reconsider this classification? >> the president and the administration believe that targeting individual marijuana users -- marijuana users especially those...

President believe the government should reconsider this classification? >> the president and the administration believe that targeting individual marijuana users -- marijuana users especially those with serious illnesses and their caregivers is not the best allocation of federal law enforcement resources. but at the same time, the president does not, you know, at this point advocate a change in the law. >> i think the key phrase was "at this point advocate a change in the law." you heard what he said. but by failing to enforce the law, i'm curious, do you think the administration is tacitly su...

Administration believe that targeting individual marijuana users -- marijuana users especially those with serious illnesses and their caregivers is not the best allocation of federal law enforcement resources. but at the same time, the president does not, you know, at this point advocate a change in the law. >> i think the key phrase was "at this point advocate a change in the law." you heard what he said. but by failing to enforce the law, i'm curious, do you think the administration is tacitly supporting a change in the law right now? >> i think that's pretty clear. and candidly, even though...

We've talked about stop and frisk, stand your ground, and about the war on drugs and how it is constantly criminalizing nonviolent marijuana users who are making a public health choice. what do we need to do to move forward do we need to do to mo forward there? we see the attorney general trying to make changes but he can't do it alone. >> number one, get racial profiling out of policing. that is our biggest problem. people are arrested for minor offenses. we've got to stop and decriminalize, you know, all of these minor offenses. it's wronging that 52% of everyone sitting in a jail isitying t...