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All three newscasts covered the decision by the Department of Justice that it is "unlikely to be an efficient use of limited federal resources"--as NBC's Pete Williams quoted from the memorandum--to prosecute patients who are using marijuana for medicinal purposes in compliance with local state laws. In all, 13 states permit the prescription and dispensing of marijuana as a medicine, with six more considering such legalization, noted Williams. Williams filed from the Justice Department. CBS' Bill Whitaker and ABC's Brian Rooney both filed from Los Angeles, which already has hundreds of green cross dispensaries. CBS' Whitaker reported that, 13 years after legalization, the state of California has 300,000 patients using marijuana as a medicine. "In the big picture," ABC's Rooney speculated, "where all of this is probably leading is towards some more regulated legality of marijuana--just like alcohol and cigarettes."
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