U.S. presidential candidate Harris says she tried pot - and inhaled

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U.S. presidential candidate Harris says she tried pot - and inhaled

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Kamala Harris launches her campaign for President of the United States at a rally at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in her hometown of Oakland, California, U.S., January 27, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor who is seeking the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination, said on Monday she had smoked marijuana in college and supported its legalization.

 

The California Democrat told the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club at Power 105.1 in New York that she smoked pot while attending Howard University in Washington in the 1980s.

 

"And I did inhale," she said, laughing, in a swipe at former President Bill Clinton, who famously said he had tried marijuana but had not inhaled.

 

Harris, 54, is among a diverse and growing group of Democrats seeking to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in next year's presidential election. Fellow Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts launched their bids over the weekend.

 

A former San Francisco prosecutor, Harris stopped short of endorsing legalized pot during a tight but ultimately successful race to become California's attorney general in 2014.

 

In 2016, during her run for the U.S. Senate, she declined to endorse a ballot initiative that legalized the drug in the most populous U.S. state for recreational use by adults. She said at the time, however, that she expected marijuana to eventually become legal.

 

Since her election to the Senate, Harris has called for legalizing pot and supported a measure to decriminalize it at the federal level. She has for years called for research into the impact of marijuana use on the developing brains of teenagers and young adults, and for standards to judge when drivers are impaired after using cannabis.

 

Asked by the programme's host whether she would use marijuana again if it became legal, Harris laughed but did not answer the question directly.

 

"It gives a lot of people joy," she said. "And we need more joy."

 

As of last December, 10 states and the District of Columbia had legalized small amounts of marijuana for adult recreational use, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

 

The drug is still illegal at the federal level.

 

(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-02-12

[Tug 7,769]

So did I lol

[Nyezhov 8,790]

Good for her! Smoke 'em if you got them.

[jimmyyy 1,039]

Pot head for President........   Trump gonna have a field day, never mind the Meme's........

[Puchaiyank 6,906]

To use pot..or not...will not define the 2020 Presidential race. 

[riclag 3,466]

Was it illegal to smoke pot than!

[ivor bigun 2,166]

Back in the 60s and 70s i inhaled it most days,well nights anyway

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[blazes 2,810]

So she's one up on Bill by inhaling, but destined to become Hillary Lite as she turns and turns according to which way the wind is blowing.

 

Of all the million candidates who've been foolish enough to thrust themselves forward so far, this woman is the least trustworthy of the lot.

[metisdead 6,956]

Off topic trolling posts and the replies have been removed.  Let's keep the discussion out of the gutter please. 

[Jerry787 316]

she got my vote !

[Emdog 3,085]

Trying to get on Obama wagon? Barry said he smoked pot back in the day. Heck, I'd look askance at anyone who hadn't smoked pot in Cali back then. What's wrong, no friends? Trump is hardly a good example of how you'll turn out if you don't smoke pot or drink.

[guest879 414]

she would say what ever she thinks will get votes. trump will say what ever triggers liberals. he is putting on a hell of a show. not going to be a very interesting election if the dems cant find a decent person to run.  they need a decent middle of the road candidate but they all seem to be all, ban everything, tax everything and open the boarder while your at it.

[Tug 7,769]

Hey Pam don’t be a bogart and pass that joint lol

[EVENKEEL 1,782]

You know Trump is loading his arsenal with this bit of info, he'll have hilarious names for everyone. Gonna be good.

[DM07 10,745]

...and that is of any interest....becauuuuuuuuse...?