Nearly six months after Colorado and Washington voters approved measures legalizing small amounts of marijuana and marijuana dispensaries, Attorney General Eric Holder says he is still trying to make up his mind whether to drop the hammer or not.
According to an Associated Press report, Holder told a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday that he would be enforcing federal law – something he has said all along. But he hasn’t come out and said just how much he’d be enforcing it. That is to say, he’s considering whether or not to sue the states to stop the initiatives from being implemented altogether.

We can certainly think of worse problems to have, but Moorhead, Minn. police say the latest one they’re facing is an influx of California medical marijuana.Last Friday, police executing a search warrant arrested 25-year-old Korey Okke after he was found in possession of a pound of marijuana, packaging for over 100 pounds’ worth, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a loaded .22 caliber revolver. Between Okke and two other recent busts, Moorhead police have found more than 38 pounds of medical herb since last month. CityPages has the rest.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has officially passed a local marijuana reform bill that aims to save police resources and reduce punishments for the most minor possession offenses.
“This is a good, practical move for the city of St. Louis to alleviate police and prosecutorial resources on minor drug offenses,” Alderman Shane Cohn, the bill’s sponsor, tells Daily RFT. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to continue this dialogue into the future.” Sam Levin at the (St. Louis) Riverfront Times has more.