The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 30, 2013 U.S. Allows States to Legalize Recreational Marijuana ------------------------------------------------------ The Obama administration said Thursday it will not sue to stop the states including Colorado and Washington from allowing recreational marijuana use. Voters in both states passed groundbreaking ballot measures last November to legalize the use of marijuana for adults. .