“WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday declined to say why the White House fired staff for past marijuana use when Vice President Kamala Harris has talked openly about the fact that she too used to get high — referring instead to vague security service standards before growing visibly annoyed.”
“The White House terminated at least five staffers for past marijuana use, Psaki disclosed last week in response to a report that “dozens” had been canned or given less severe discipline such as suspensions.”
“Recent polls by Gallup and Pew found that more than two-thirds of the US population supports marijuana legalization — including about half of Republican voters.”
“On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce a bill that federally legalizes marijuana.”
“Harris reportedly oversaw 1,900 marijuana prosecutions while she was San Francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2011, before saying in 2019 that she was herself a former pot user. She now supports making pot legal, in a significant break with Biden.”
“As a senator, Biden authored some of the nation’s harshest federal drug laws. On his final day as president, Donald Trump released two prisoners serving life without parole for marijuana under Biden’s 1994 crime law.”
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