Harris Campaign Omits Marijuana From New Issues Page As Trump Earns Praise For Backing Legalization
As the cannabis world reacts to former President Donald Trump’s newly announced support for federal rescheduling, advocates are taking notice that a new, long-awaited issues page launched by the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris omits any mention of marijuana policy reform despite her record promoting comprehensive legalization.
The issues page is fairly exhaustive, with details about her platform on taxes, affordable housing, health care, education, child care and more.
The new website section touches briefly on broader drug policy, noting that Harris is “committed to ending the opioid epidemic and tackling the scourge of fentanyl”—noting her record of going after “drug traffickers” as a prosecutor but also pointing out that when it comes to harm reduction, the Biden-Harris administration “made the overdose-reversal drug naloxone available over-the-counter.”
Notably absent, however, is any mention of her position on cannabis policy.
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