Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that “no one” should go to jail for “smoking marijuana,” even though she has prosecuted nearly 2,000 marijuana possession, cultivation and sale cases as California’s attorney general. Stated.
Harris’ public fall was due to the politics of a difficult re-election campaign, with Biden and Harris losing on the ticket to former President Donald Trump in 75% of battleground states in 2024, according to polls. There is a high possibility that there is.
Harris spoke at a roundtable discussion on cannabis reform with musician Fat Joe and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D), where she denounced prosecuting people who smoke the flower.
“I believe, and I think all of us at this table believe, no one should have to go to jail for smoking marijuana,” she said. Said. “And what we have to do is recognize that too many people are sent to prison for simple marijuana possession.”
Harris has a complicated history prosecuting marijuana industry figures as attorney general. report:
Harris loosely directed 1,956 misdemeanor and felony convictions According to “Possession, Cultivation, or Sale of Marijuana.” Reuters. But attorneys and prosecutors in Harris’ office Said mercury news Most of those convicted during this period did not serve any prison time.and marijuana conviction lowered During Mr. Harris’ tenure as District Attorney.
While a U.S. senator, Harris supported the decriminalization of marijuana. In 2017, she signed Sen. Cory Booker’s bill to decriminalize flowers at the federal level.
During the 2016 presidential debate, Harris said: had a fever Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard spoke about the contradictions. “She has put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations,” Gabbard said. “Then she asked if she had ever smoked marijuana and she laughed about it.”
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