The issue focused on legislation introduced by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), which called for legislation by Attorney General Eric Holder that would legalize medical marijuana for patients suffering from cancer and HIV/AIDS. Attorney General Holder issued an administrative memo last November legalizing marijuana as medicine for terminally ill patients with certain severe conditions. However, Attorney General Holder did not legalize marijuana as medicine for patients suffering from chronic pain or PTSD. Attorney General Holder decided not to legalize marijuana as medicine for chronic pain patients because "they don't