I've consistently supported the rescheduling of marijuana. It should not be classified as a Schedule 1 drug. It has been done so in a manner that stems from The failed War on drugs has resulted in the over incarceration of millions of Americans since that failed War on drugs was first launched by Richard Nixon in the summer of 1971. And I've been part of bipartisan efforts including the passage of the First Step act to deal with over criminalization in America and to ensure that taxpayer dollars aren't being spent on a prison industrial complex that has not made the country safer. (04:23–04:46)
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Asserts that the War on Drugs has led to mass incarceration since 1971.
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