Drug czar speaks at National Press Club

Residents celebrate as marijuana use becomes legal
A Tacoma resident smokes marijuana shortly after a law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana took effect on Dec. 6, 2012 in Seattle, Wash. Voters approved an initiative to decriminalize the recreational use of marijuana making it one of the first states to do so.
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