“No one should go to jail for smoking weed,” the vice president said.

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.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
    1111·
    8 months ago

    How many pot smokers do you think she sent to prison as a DA?

    And all those teenage “super predators” that Joe, Jack and Bill sent to prison

      • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        It’s like the DNC hiring previous lobbyist from companies like Uber, Lyft & Airbnb to define union policies.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      8 months ago

      And all those teenage “super predators” that Joe, Jack and Bill sent to prison

      That’s what I dont get when people criticize Harris…

      Biden literally sponsored the two crime bills back in the 90s that have caused 30 years of bullshit.

      Harris as prosecutor was very outspoken about how stupid that shit was and didn’t follow the “three felonies = life in jail” bullshit.

      If people want to talk about poor policing oractices, Biden is hands down the person most responsible in the Dem party. And all his “I can compromise with republicans” is how he got Dems to support such backwards legislation.

      Harris was a DA, she wasn’t setting national procedures and passing laws