The moment highlighted an uncomfortable truth about Harriss record on drug reform, one that she is desperately trying to atone for by adopting a more relaxed stance than shes adopted historically. In a crowded field of candidates, most of whom support marijuana legalization in some form, Harris has tried to position herself as an advocate for drug law reform. Just last week, she cosponsored the MORE Act, a sweeping piece of federal legislation that calls for not just nationwide legalization, but also the allocation of federal funds for cannabis entrepreneurs of color and the expungement of marijuana possession charges from offenders records.
But as Gabbards remarks reveal, Harris has historically adopted a much more rigorous stance against legalization, to the degree that as recently as five years ago, she laughed when an interviewer brought up the subject. As NORML executive director Erik Altieri puts it to Rolling Stone, her history on drug reform has been problematic, and her record is not one anyone would qualify as progressive, particularly when it comes to marijuana. Heres exactly what that record has been, and whether her current, much more tolerant stance should be trusted.
It's a lengthy article but tl;dr she was for medical but highly against rec as AG throughout most of the decade, then suddenly became pro federal legalization a few years ago when becoming a senator. Nobody is really sure why, if it was a bid for votes or she had a change of heart or what. Maybe she got that sweet sweet weed lobby money. It is kind of strange though, but if Biden somehow wins maybe she can get this done. ---
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