Sen. Kamala Harris unveils bill to federally decriminalize marijuana

California Senator and Democratic presidential candidiate Kamala Harris is introducing a bill to federally decriminalize marijuana. CBS News campaign reporter Stephanie Ramirez spoke to CBSN’s Reena Ninan about the plan.

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50 Comments

  1. supa fog on February 10, 2020 at 9:52 am

    legalize marijuana ASAP!!!!



  2. Chester Hardy on February 10, 2020 at 9:54 am

    WTF? Biden, Sanders, Gabbard already on this. What took her so long?



  3. TheTexasViper on February 10, 2020 at 9:54 am

    The democrat party are ‘DOPE PUSHERS’..if they could they would legalize all illicit drugs. Black people should be the last ones to give their vote to a demoncrat!
    Our inner cities and ghettos are a product of weed and drug use. I should know..I grew up in Third Ward and have witnessed the devastation of drugs!!!
    Say NO to drugs and say NO the Dope Pushers in the demoncrat party who could care less about you and your health!!!!!



  4. mrkjsmooth16 on February 10, 2020 at 9:55 am

    Such a useless political position



  5. deshu k on February 10, 2020 at 9:55 am

    What ELSE can u expect from her, as she is one ugly BLACK lady!



  6. Freddie Mack on February 10, 2020 at 9:55 am

    She trying hard for that black vote
    FREE MY AUNT
    ..



  7. Fake Christians For Trump on February 10, 2020 at 9:58 am

    Queen pander



  8. Roga Pora on February 10, 2020 at 9:58 am

    Is this normal that candidates make up policies everyday as they are on the trail? How is it tat she does not already have an idea of what she is going to do? This is the worst leadership I have seen in a long time.



  9. stackedhippiechick on February 10, 2020 at 10:01 am

    Take care of your citizens crapping in the streets, the you can be taken seriously. You’re just as silly as the four horsewomen of the apocalypse.



  10. Judy Hall on February 10, 2020 at 10:01 am

    She’s just trying to get votes! She’s not presidential material. She doesn’t want things for the American people. Is this how she thinks she’s going to pay for Medicare for everyone including illegals. I’m sure the taxes on marijuana will be ridiculous.



  11. Dink Fryson on February 10, 2020 at 10:01 am

    Bait and switch



  12. Matamba on February 10, 2020 at 10:02 am

    People normally have a survival instinct deep inside them, the only ones who’s not interested in the survival of their own people are african American politicians. Latinos fight for their own, Caucasians fight for their own, Chinese, Arabs does it aswell a damn wolf would protect its own packβ€” but african American politicians wanna fight for everybody else when their own are suffering. This is why I have no respect for a majority of black politicians in America.. just so spineless and self destructive.



  13. Steven Rodriguez on February 10, 2020 at 10:02 am

    I’m sure Bernie will do the same but important things first like health care



  14. Sweet Nigger on February 10, 2020 at 10:03 am

    She gets my vote



  15. stryker94109 on February 10, 2020 at 10:05 am

    the known gateway drug, a most unfortunate proposed policy



  16. david shaffer on February 10, 2020 at 10:08 am

    NOBODY LIKES YOU KAMALA.. CORP OWNED WAR PIG



  17. johnhodges05221981 on February 10, 2020 at 10:08 am

    Another guy wanted to do it for the last thirty years. I think his name is Ernie Landers?



  18. Per Spellman on February 10, 2020 at 10:09 am

    Kamala Harris can be as liberal as she likes. She has recognized Israel’s rule under zionist fascist Netanyahu and claimed that it "meets human rights standars overall". She must be either completely blind or simply corrupt, most likely both – so just like most other politicians.



  19. Roberto Quiroz on February 10, 2020 at 10:11 am

    Democrats now desperate for votes from dumb people



  20. Ronald Krikorian on February 10, 2020 at 10:12 am

    The day we have a democrat as president is the day we lose our country!



  21. Ace R. on February 10, 2020 at 10:12 am

    Should be legalize not decriminalize



  22. Luca on February 10, 2020 at 10:12 am

    ha ha
    she puts people in jail for weed and now she want’s weed to be legal ???



  23. Revenue TV on February 10, 2020 at 10:15 am

    She’s vindictive and has way to much ego. You oppose her and she’ll go to the end of the earth to harm your company with no regard to the collateral damage like…1600 employees without jobs and who knows how many students without completed degree’s. Really really really dislike Harris so many lies!



  24. Ace R. on February 10, 2020 at 10:15 am

    BERNIE 2020!!!!!!



  25. Long-suffering on February 10, 2020 at 10:18 am

    REPERATIONS FOR AMERICAN DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES NOW!



  26. Matthew Lewis on February 10, 2020 at 10:19 am

    So what? In a country that allows states to make people pay for their 2nd amendment right and allows states to house criminals from different countries using my tax dollars, why is this supposed to be beneficial to the country or myself. Obviously, if they make it legal federally, the state’s, cities, town’s, county’s, and neighborhoods can still make it illegal if they want and still throw you in jail. So, what’s the big deal?



  27. Hick-ory holler on February 10, 2020 at 10:21 am

    good people in a bad situation…
    Is that hard to understand …
    Sosmart,



  28. Andrew FPV on February 10, 2020 at 10:22 am

    Of course a black person initiated this program.



  29. E P on February 10, 2020 at 10:23 am

    Ha Ha the hypocrite is Dun!



  30. nature freak on February 10, 2020 at 10:24 am

    I can’t stand this phoney pos, but I will agree with her when it comes to decriminalizing marijuana. I just hope she has some remorse for all the good people she sent to prison for marijuana offenses.



  31. ? ? on February 10, 2020 at 10:25 am

    There’s too much beautiful on my screen right now.



  32. GODFATHERLO on February 10, 2020 at 10:25 am

    πŸ‘‹Got my vote!!!



  33. devon pinckney on February 10, 2020 at 10:27 am

    Until she inhale some OG …SHE STILL A OPP



  34. HD DUDE on February 10, 2020 at 10:27 am

    Kamala Harris : STUPID TUNC



  35. williambarr isacriminal on February 10, 2020 at 10:28 am

    NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS ARE NOT CRIMINALS THO ✌🏽 πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ



  36. Heather Hill on February 10, 2020 at 10:32 am

    LISTEN UP SMART AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE A BLACK WOMAN INTO OFFICE FOR ANYTHING…BLACK WOMEN HAVE BAD ATTITUDES AND THEY HATE EVERYONE EXCEPT OTHER BLACK WOMEN…BLACK WOMEN ARE THE MOST RACIST HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE ON THE PLANET! THEY EVEN HATE BLACK MEN….AND THEY HATE ALL WHITE PEOPLE! DON’T LET THIS WOMAN FOOL YOU!



  37. Hadou Khai on February 10, 2020 at 10:32 am

    Okay sure I like Kamala so I’m gonna defend her ofcourse, but aren’t you two ladies taking her statements out of context? She didn’t backtrack on Medicare for All. The question was, ‘would you abolish your own private healthcare for medicare for all?’ not ‘would you abolish all private healthcare’. Her position is that she wants Medicare for All that will cover most things. I would assume that plastic surgery and other stuff that private healthcare has dominion over would not be abolished. Let’s have a conversation about what Medicare for All looks like instead of painting the picture that someone is backtracking just because your idea isn’t what their idea is.



  38. Russel Mack on February 10, 2020 at 10:32 am

    As with every other Democrat Candidate before her… Kamel-toe Harris supports the dumbing–down of the base in a desperate attempt to attain Power !



  39. John PALMER JR on February 10, 2020 at 10:37 am

    All the cities have been gentrified so thats for them. She must be crazy.



  40. Rob Sweeney on February 10, 2020 at 10:39 am

    A lot of fake profiles claiming to be black people commenting bad things about Harris. The Republicans must be worried to create fake profiles



  41. Jared Talbeaux on February 10, 2020 at 10:41 am

    Kamala waffles on issues…



  42. some guy on the internet on February 10, 2020 at 10:43 am

    What a hypocrite deep down she doesn’t even believe this… If she becomes president you can expect more private prisons for you black people that’s her history



  43. 3 on February 10, 2020 at 10:43 am

    Remember, this is the same prosecutor who was disowned by her own father and claimed to listen to Tupac in 1989



  44. Inverted Earth on February 10, 2020 at 10:43 am

    Finally, a good idea from the dems



  45. Audilife on February 10, 2020 at 10:44 am

    The black lady who puts blacks in handcuffs wants to set them free?
    Breaker of chains



  46. Serve 3000 on February 10, 2020 at 10:44 am

    Aw Kamala you playing black people for votes and doing a 180 on your true beliefs you were just for locking people for weed in California. B!tch you aint slick



  47. David Stone on February 10, 2020 at 10:46 am

    🚨 Hypocrite Democrat from California Kamala Harris Lives in One of the Most Segregated Neighborhoods in Los Angeles
    Busing is for other people she believes. Good news she’ll never be the first black woman president she’ll be lucky if she stays in the race another month.



  48. Revenue TV on February 10, 2020 at 10:46 am

    F her… How about the bill to give folks their jobs back…. And students their education back. She’s trying to reach those who won’t read the bill details… She’s fake and a liar…. Tupac & Snoop huh… One of the worst DA’s ever for black folks. Reaching for the black vote reaching for the woman’s vote a true politician. She will never win. She should just stop the show is over Harris.



  49. TheReal Escobeatz on February 10, 2020 at 10:48 am

    Kamala is a sellout…of you vote for her your a sellout too….bernie2020!!!!!



  50. IAM ORY G on February 10, 2020 at 10:50 am

    Finally something done right