marijuana

An aerial image shows the Gold Star cargo ship ablaze. Officials say the ship's crew set fire to 30 tons of hashish after authorities approached the vessel for inspection. Guardia di Finanza hide caption

A customer rolls a joint made of half marijuana and half tobacco to smoke inside of Frankie Sports Bar and Grill in Olympia, Wash., in December 2012. Nick Adams/Reuters/Landov hide caption

Sen. Patrick Leahy is calling on the Justice Department to state its position on marijuana's legal status. Here, a man inspects a shirt depicting the U.S. flag made of marijuana symbols, at a medical marijuana show in Los Angeles earlier this year. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Young backers of a bill to legalize the production and trade of marijuana in Uruguay wait outside the Parliament building as lawmakers debate the bill Wednesday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

A photograph taken on May 20, 2013, by the DEA Strike Force shows some of the marijuana plants the agency says were grown by a woman from a wealthy New York suburb, in a warehouse in the Queens borough of New York. DEA/AP hide caption

Marijuana gingerbread cookies, like this one sold at The Apothecarium in San Francisco, could easily appeal to kids. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption

William von Schneidau, who owns the BB Ranch butcher shop at Pike Place Market in Seattle, has made prosciutto from pigs fed marijuana. Courtesy of BB Ranch hide caption

Branded: The official state of Washington marijuana logo. Washington State Liquor Control Board hide caption

Colorado lawmakers approved two taxes on marijuana — a 15 percent excise tax, and a 10 percent sales tax. A photo depicts a quarter of an ounce, left, and one ounce of marijuana, along with a handful of rolled joints at a Denver dispensary. Ed Andrieski/AP hide caption

A customer rolls a joint made of half marijuana and half tobacco in Olympia, Wash., on December 9, 2012. Nick Adams/Reuters/Landov hide caption

People at a Denver party early this month celebrate the recognition of an amendment to the Colorado constitution legalizing recreational use of marijuana. Brennan Linsley/AP hide caption

A woman, identified only as "Hurricane," lights up in Seattle. Washington state's law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana went into effect on Dec. 6. Cliff Despeaux/Reuters /Landov hide caption

A young man with a joint in his left hand jokes with the photographer as he passes a sign prohibiting the use of marijuana and alcohol, in a designated area in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The city's mayor says students would be formally banned from smoking marijuana at school as of Jan. 1, 2013. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption