Kamala Harris signals she'll go further than Biden on marijuana legalization "we need to legalize it and stop criminalizing this behavior"

The president can order agencies to reschedule it, which makes it defacto legal in a lot of states, and means federal employees in states where it's legal can use, including military.

She should do that asap, because the fight to actually legalize is a lot harder.

I don't want to see her say it needs to be legalized and then refuse to take any step thats not the hardest

Canadian here.

It’s been fully legal for… 5 years? We haven’t fallen apart yet!

There’s some people working on that, but they aren’t the stoner type.

Last year Michigan received about 290 million in weed taxes, around 90 went to municipalities and county governments, 100 million to schools, and 100 million to roads.

I'll believe it when it happens. I can only get my hopes up so many times

Biden promised the same thing and then didn’t do shit. They clearly like to dangle this carrot without acting on it so they can continue to leverage it for votes.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1529/decriminalize-marijuana/

Living in a legal state is fucking AWESOME! The prices dropped to below black market before legalization and flying with a big ol bar of chocolate makes everything so much more tenable.

I would like to reiterate that A LOT of the entrenched Cannabis industry assholes that run the business are pro-Trump. I'm talking well over a majority of the most psychotic Trump supporters I know are directly involved in the interstate Cannabis market. They are even more prone to conspiracy brainrot than the average Yall'Qaeda folks.

I'm sounding the alarm for the millionth time that the Cannabis industry attracts some of the most degenerate, unethical, fucked up people into positions of power. I've said this like 10 times on Lemmy at least, and I always get downvoted into oblivion even though I have more direct experience with the Cannabis industry than 99.9999% of people on earth.

Trust me when I say a lot of these people are fully fucked in the head, and giving them legitimacy is a problem. While I am still 100% pro-legalization, I am also aware of the dark side of that equation as well. There is a lot of exploitation and evil in the industry. It needs to be unionized, and there needs to be common sense regulation that is not captured by the corporations within the industry itself.

Source: Worked in the black, gray, and recreational Cannabis industry for 14 years. Have directly facilitated the sale of tens of millions of dollars worth of Cannabis. Worked with thousands of different people, and hundreds of different vendors over that time.

Harris is from Oakland. She gets it. There are nice dispensaries everywhere in Oakland. Even in very family-friendly or affluent parts of town.

Believe it when I see it.

Ok. What's her plan?

Trump told the crowd, "One rough hour, and I mean real rough, the word will get out, and it will end immediately. End immediately. You know, it'll end immediately."

You see, we shoot them in the head to send a message. /s

If no one is being harmed and all parties have the access to information to know enough about whether or not to consent, and if all parties do consent.

Nothing wrong is being done.

god i wish we would do the same across europe

I sure hope so. The notion that there still are not free states when it comes to cannabis is just beyond ridiculous.

Shit. I love that she came out for it but this means the race is closer than we thought. Fuxing vote people!

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The US policy on pot has 100% negatively impacted our ability to defend in cyberspace.

Just legalize it (and psychedelics) already.

if it is fully legalized at the federal level it has the potential to put a gigantic dent in the the housing crisis

So she plans in taking about it even after the election?

Normalize personal freedom again. If you don’t have personal freedoms you ain’t free in the least. Fuck all cops and the idea you can control me. Fuck you! I do what I want!

"Maybe when they're stoned they'll stop asking about Gaza"

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Just a reminder that she was responsible for putting thousands of people in jail for petty marijuana crimes.. but you know. Democrats are allowed to change their stance on things... Republicans aren't... right?

How long have Democrats been saying this now?

If you could do it as president, just make Joe do it immediately. We might not get another chance if you wait.

Mfs always wait until election time to say they’ll do cool stuff then never fucking do it.

She’s the VP right now. There is nothing stopping her from putting forward legislation on marijuana.

I have a mixed opinion on this. One the one hand, I don't like drugs because of the dependence it's builds on its users, the harmful medical effects in the long term, and how many people use it while driving or doing other dangerous tasks (for those that cause incapacitation). This isn't just my opinion for marijuana, but for other drugs such as alcohol and tobacco.

However, I don't want people who do use it to end up paying massive fines or ending up in jail, because ultimately they are victims. Of course, the reason this isn't the case for alcohol and tobacco is because of its historical foundation in the US.

So I guess I'm left wondering what is an ideal solution for this problem? My best guess is to decriminalize, but also help improve resources available for treatment of addiction and education of its medical effects.

I bet she commits suicide by shooting herself in the head...twice.