BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, this is something that I know everyone has been talking about, medical marijuana. Many of you watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta's documentary called "Weed." He made all kinds of waves and buzz because essentially over the course of the year, doing research on medical marijuana, Sanjay Gupta sort of apologized to everyone and changed his stance. So our chief White House correspondent Jessica Yellin was in this White House briefing. She actually asked the deputy White House press secretary about the president's stance. Here's the response.</s>JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: The U.S. government currently classifies marijuana in the category of most dangerous drugs with no medical benefit, the same category as heroin and more harmful than cocaine or meth. Sanjay Gupta, as you may know --</s>JOSH EARNEST, DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: You're distinguished colleague.</s>YELLIN: Yes, my distinguished colleague, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has just called for reconsideration by the government. Given the reported medical benefits of marijuana, does the president believe the government should reconsider this classification?</s>EARNEST: Well, Jessica, I can tell you that the administration's position on this has been clear and consistent for some time now. That while the prosecution of drug traffickers remains an important priority, the president and the administration believe targeting individual marijuana users, especially those with serious illnesses and their caregivers is not the best allocation of federal law enforcement resources.</s>BALDWIN: That just in from the president when it comes to medical marijuana. Question asked by Jessica Yellin. Coming up, we're going to talk about these pictures getting a lot of buzz as well. Have you seen in "Vogue" Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer making waves with this photo? Some say it shows that smart girls can be pretty too. Others, you (inaudible) with powerful women, what do you think? We're going to have that discussion, next.
White House On Medical Marijuana