Obama Administration Announces New Pot Policy

For those who remember our interview last year with then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, today's news should come as no surprise.

The Justice Department issued a memo to federal prosecutors telling them them not to target medical-marijuana patients and their sanctioned suppliers.

While most of Oregon's Democratic leaders remain mealy-mouthed about the marijuana issue, it appears the Obama administration is ready to relax a bit after the Bush years. Meanwhile, Oregon's more forward-looking advocates of marijuana use are gathering signatures for a 2010 ballot measure to finally legalize it.