Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday called on the federal government to move “as quickly as possible” to change the way it officially classifies marijuana, saying that “nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.”
“I cannot emphasize enough that they need to get to it as quickly as possible,” Harris said. “We need to have a resolution based on their findings and their assessment. This issue is stark when one considers the fact that on the schedule currently, marijuana is considered as dangerous as heroin ― as dangerous as heroin ― and more dangerous than fentanyl, which is absurd, not to mention patently unfair.”
Marijuana is currently listed as a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration. That classification designates it one of the most dangerous drugs possible, with no medicinal uses. Other substances in the same category include heroin, ecstasy and LSD. Marijuana advocates have been pushing for years for the federal government to either reschedule marijuana to a different category or deschedule it entirely.
She moved from “I’m prosecuting these petty drug crimes” to “I believe we should reschedule this substance.”
How is that not changing her tune?
The problem people had with her wasn’t merely that she was Prosecuting drug crimes. Did I not make that clear with the whole putting innocent people in prison knowingly thing?
Innocent in popular opinion is different than innocent by law. People did things they knew they could go to jail for, even if the majority of the country was of the opinion that it should be legal.
No I mean innocent by law. Are you being purposely obtuse here? I’m not talking about drugs in the fucking least.
Not the person you’re arguing with. Perhaps they aren’t aware of the specific things you’re taking issue with. So rather than being belligerent, explain what your angle is. What “things” specifically are you talking about. How did Harris throw innocents in jail? Because most people have an issue with her throwing people in jail over possessing small amounts of weed. Obviously you’re concerned with something else. So what is it?
Can you share a source? Nothing I’ve seen has suggested this is the case, and the comment this thread started on was about her pursuing drug convictions for posessing weed, which is something that is against federal and at the time many states laws.
Edit: Guess not. Kinda telling when an account makes random insane claims then poofs off when asked for a source. Almost like they aren’t here genuinely.