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Washington, DC: The Kamala Harris campaign released a policy agenda this week that includes a pledge to “legalize marijuana at the federal level.”
If elected, Harris promises to “work with Congress to ensure that the safe cultivation, distribution, and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land.”
The pledge comes nearly two weeks after Harris said in an interview, “I just think we have come to a point where we have to understand that we need to legalize [marijuana] and stop criminalizing this behavior.”
Republican Presidential contender Donald Trump had previously declared that he intends to vote ‘yes’ on a Florida ballot initiative legalizing adult-use marijuana sales, and if elected, he would work with Congress to enact reforms at the federal level, including SAFER Banking.
As a US Senator, Kamala Harris sponsored legislation to end the federal prohibition of cannabis. In 2022, the Biden administration provided pardons to low-level offenders convicted of federal marijuana offenses and initiated an administrative petition to reclassify cannabis under federal law. In March, Harris led a round-table discussion with marijuana pardon recipients.
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