And what public defenders who are around those days will tell you. I was the most progressive prosecutor in California on marijuana cases and would not send people to jail for simple possession of weed. And As vice president, have been a champion for bringing marijuana down on the schedule. So instead of it being ranked up there with heroin, we bring it down. And my pledge is, as president, I will work on decriminalizing it because I know exactly how those laws have been used to disproportionately impact certain populations and specifically black Mendez. (05:39–05:45)
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Asserts that she has worked to lower marijuana's classification as vice president.
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