1E9Ct5D

priority was to prosecute traffickers of illegal drugs as opposed to those sick withcancer. 15 This stance was later reaffirmed in another memorandum by Deputy AttorneyGeneral Cole.In 2012 both Colorado and Washington State voted to allow the use of recreationalmarijuana. The Department of Justice issued two memorandums regarding marijuanaenforcement. In 2013, the first “Cole Memo” stressed that the federal government’sguidance for marijuana enforcements entails eight priorities:○preventing the distribution of marijuana to minors;○preventing revenue from the sale of marijuana from going to criminalenterprises, gangs, and cartels;○preventing the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal understate law in some form to other states;○preventing state-authorized marijuana activity from being used as a coveror pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity;○preventing violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation anddistribution of marijuana;○preventing drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse publichealth consequences associated with marijuana use;15 “Ogden Memo” 10/19/2009