joining me here in the studio is allen st pierre executive director of normal and life from skype stephen steiner founder of dads and madd moms against drug dealers gentlemen thank you both for being here let me start here why do you think it took so long for congress to finally say ok and let this legislation slide because in the past for more than a decade they have been blocking it very simply the stars have aligned politically when a democratic congress came in in two thousand and six and obama was elected that was what it took to break the logjam going back to nine hundred ninety eight all right stephen i want to ask you when the nation's capital legalizes medical marijuana one message that sent to you does that mean that attitudes are changing of this is becoming more accepted well i just proves i think the progress is controlled washington and anything goes and. which is not a good thing why is it not a good thing. well i mean marijuana legalization is just not where we need to go and in medical marijuana obviously smoking something is not good for us so. mr st pierre's organization is adv