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you can't expect the executive branch to devote the same amount of time and effort to every single issue. there are only so many budget dollars to go around for enforcement of federal law. if you have one area of enforcement that requires more attention than another area, then it's hardly ignoring the constitution to make tactical decisions about where to spend the most effort.
IMO, it was a smart move....let a few states try and see what the results are...kind of like a 'pilot program' and costing the taxpayers, at the federal level, nothing.
The states that have legalized it so far are all working with regulation and planning from scratch and all are doing it differently. It's a good shakedown period, to see what works for the states (tax-wise, financially, regulations, etc) and other states can then observe.