kamala harris pledged to make marijuana the law of the land  vice president kamala harris is pledging to federally legalize marijuana, ensuring that access to cannabis is the law of the land. if elected, she will break down unjust legal barriers that hold black men and other americans back by legalizing marijuana nationally, working with congress to ensure that the safe cultivation, distribution, and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land, the harris campaign said on monday. to that end, the campaign says harris will fight to ensure that as the national cannabis industry takes shape, black menwho have, for years, been overpoliced for marijuana useare able to access wealth and jobs in this new market. in contrast, the vps new plan says that former president donald trumps administration threatened federal prosecutions for marijuana in states where marijuana use is legal, continuing the unjust and disproportionate use of marijuana possession laws to put black americans behind bars. last month, harris made clear she still supports legalizing cannabis, which she previously pushed for as a senator but had not publicly discussed since becoming president joe bidens running mate in 2020. i just feel strongly, people should not be going to jail for smoking weed, she said in an interview with the all the smoke podcast. and we know historically what that has meant and who has gone to jail. second, i just think we have come to a point where we have to understand that we need to legalize it and stop criminalizing this behavior, harris told hosts matt barnes and stephen jackson, former nba players. until now, harris had not made her position on marijuana part of her current campaign for the white house. democratic vp nominee tim walz said he thinks marijuana legalization is an issue that should be left to individual states. >  mala-harris-rolls-out-marijuana-leg alization-plan-pledging-to-make-it- the-law-of-the-land/
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