{"id":2199889,"date":"2024-03-15T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-hosts-marijuana-panel-with-fat-joe-as-biden-pushes-to-reclassify-the-drug\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:02:40","slug":"kamala-harris-hosts-marijuana-panel-with-fat-joe-as-biden-pushes-to-reclassify-the-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-hosts-marijuana-panel-with-fat-joe-as-biden-pushes-to-reclassify-the-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris leads cannabis discussion featuring Fat Joe amid Biden&#8217;s push for drug reclassification"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-hosts-marijuana-panel-with-fat-joe-as-biden-pushes-to-reclassify-the-drug%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2199889&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Decriminalizing Cannabis: Kamala\u2062 Harris and Influencers Discuss Progressive Policies<\/h2>\n<p>In a historic gathering \u2062at the White House, <strong>Vice President Kamala Harris<\/strong> welcomed not only political figures but also \u200bcultural icons like rapper <strong>Fat Joe<\/strong> to expand the conversation on America\u2019s evolving stance on \u200bcannabis legality.\u2064 It\u2019s a symbolic and strategic session reflecting the administration&#8217;s\u200b dedication to challenging the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-holder-urges-democrats-to-pack-supreme-court-says-federal-courts-are-stacked-with-ideologues-who-reach-rulings-based-on-stunted-mindsets\/\" title=\"Eric Holder Urges Democrats to Pack Supreme Court, Says Federal Courts Are Stacked with Ideologues \u201cWho Reach Rulings Based on Stunted Mindsets\u201d\">status quo<\/a> of the nation&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-cities-rethinking-support-for-lax-drug-laws\/\" title=\"Democratic cities reconsidering lenient drug laws.\">drug\u2064 policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Dialogue\u200c Infused with Diversity<\/h3>\n<p>Harris, \u2063alongside <strong>White \u200dHouse Director of Public Engagement Steve Benjamin<\/strong> and <strong>Gov. Andy Beshear \u200c(D-KY)<\/strong>, engaged in a critical forum examining the paths to decriminalize marijuana. This pivotal discussion marks an intensified phase in President Joe Biden&#8217;s and Harris&#8217;s joint political \u2063journey as they drive full throttle into their reelection\u2062 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Harris highlighted the importance of the event:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;thanking Fat Joe and Beshear for having the courage to challenge certain traditions and \u2062critically \u2064evaluate whether what we\u2019ve been doing is smart and\u2062 what can we do to be smarter.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She confronted the country&#8217;s dire need for equity in \u200bjustice, drawing from her prosecutorial lens.<\/p>\n<h3>America&#8217;s Perception on Pot<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Gallup \u200dpolls signal a <strong>massive \u206370% of Americans<\/strong> in \u2062favor of legalizing marijuana as of 2023.<\/li>\n<li>An even more\u200c staggering\u2062 <strong>80% approval<\/strong> among the under-35 demographic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The administration&#8217;s pledge to decriminalize marijuana and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pardons-all-americans-on-federal-marijuana-use-charges\/\" title=\"Biden pardons all Americans for federal marijuana offenses\">expunge \u2064prior convictions<\/a> for simple possession<\/strong> highlights a crisis where racial \u2063imbalances \u200dprevail. The much-awaited reform, promised on Biden\u2019s campaign trail,\u2062 is\u200b still in the works.<\/p>\n<h3>Steps\u200b Toward Reclassification<\/h3>\n<p>Biden has acted \u2064by prompting the Department of Health and Human Services toward shifting marijuana to a\u200d Schedule III classification, a significant downgrade from \u2063its current restrictive status. Though\u200b recommended\u200b by \u2063the department last year, this\u2062 potential policy shift still awaits the Drug Enforcement Agency&#8217;s approval to become official.<\/p>\n<p>The President hasn&#8217;t stopped there. He has initiated clemency actions \u200bfor thousands entangled in \u2064minor marijuana convictions. While these acts \u200bare compassionate gestures, the journey towards expunging affected records remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s mention of marijuana reform in the State of the Union address was a presidential first \u2014 a \u2062clear sign of changing tides.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019m taking care of\u200d that,&#8221; Biden assured in Milwaukee, \u2062reiterating his commitment to ending incarceration \u2062for marijuana use and possession.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Washington \u200dExaminer&#8217;s Insight<\/h3>\n<p>For a deeper dive into\u200c the \u200bpolitical shifts \u200dregarding \u2064marijuana decriminalization and to experience the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erectile-dysfunction-could-be-a-symptom-of-long-covid-experts-say\/\" title=\"Erectile Dysfunction Could Be A Symptom Of \u2018Long COVID,\u2019 Experts Say\">full impact<\/a> of Harris&#8217;s roundtable, stay \u200btuned to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss the full conversation \u200bled by\u2064 Vice\u200c President Harris. Get the broader perspective and witness a critical \u2064point in \u200bdrug reform history by\u200d watching her remarks \u2062below:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Retain the original iframe code --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vice President Harris Convenes a Roundtable Conversation about Marijuana Reform\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oLOVgPWWNfk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Harris and Fat Joe convened at the White House with officials to discuss marijuana decriminalization amid Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign kickoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2199890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24058800053665.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24058800053665.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}