Kamala Harris’ evolution on marijuana is many years in the making
Sen. Kamala Harris is teaming up with a powerful House Democrat on legislation to decriminalize marijuana and wipe away past marijuana-related convictions.
Earlier this year, another presidential candidate, Sen. Cory Booker , reintroduced his bill to end the federal prohibition on marijuana, expunge records and make reinvestments — drawing Harris, along with 2020 hopefuls Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado, as co-sponsors.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Harris’ evolution on marijuana is many years in the making. As district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California, she opposed and then repeatedly refused to take a position on later state efforts to legitimize the drug for recreational purposes, including the successful Proposition 64 in 2016. The law, which was championed by then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is now California’s governor, did many of the same things that Harris is proposing in her own bill.
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