San Francisco, Oct 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There were talks on for the legislation to legalize medical use of Marijuana in New York were encouraged on Monday by the announcement of a shift in federal policy first promised by President Barack Obama in his presidential campaign.

This new Obama administration policy looks forward to loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday and it gave the drift to users that they needn’t be afraid of the federal agents

The U.S. Department of Justice Monday advised U.S. attorneys not to target medical marijuana use and distribution in the 13 states where it is legal. The Drug Enforcement Administration has previously raided such dispensaries.

The new federal policy, which loosens its tight fisted approach, now “greatly helps, and certainly it puts state medical marijuana laws on a much firmer footing legally,” said Assemb. Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), who sponsored legislation that passed the Assembly in 2007 and 2008 but failed in the Senate.

“Our standard in New York is even stricter than what the federal government is appearing to allow the states to do,” said Duane.

“There’s just too much disagreement about what the law is,” said Dale Gieringer, director of the California chapter of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. “The legality of almost anything is in doubt in California when it comes to dispensaries.”