Kamala Harris’s Marijuana Policy Is a “Half-Step”

On marijuana legalization, Kamala Harris stated that “this is no time for half steppin’.” Though many critics believe she is doing precisely that.

This post originally appeared on The Green Fund.

The Democratic Vice President nominee, Kamala Harris, spoke recently at an event held by ABC News Live, in which she spoke on what her and Joe Biden’s marijuana policy might look like.

During the discussion, Kamala Harris stated:

“Under a Biden-Harris administration, we will decriminalize the use of marijuana and automatically expunge all marijuana-use convictions, and end incarceration for drug use alone.”

“This is no time for half-steppin’, this is no time for incrementalism. We need to deal with the system, and there needs to be a significant change in the design of the system.”

However, as we’ve addressed previously, the Biden-Harris administration’s stated marijuana policy is precisely a half-step when compared with the previous Democratic candidates during the 2019–2020 primaries.

Virtually every candidate that vied to become President, excluding Joe Biden, favoured federal marijuana legalization. Comparatively…