”If the voters don’t like my principles, I have plenty of others.”
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Vice President Kamala Harris appeared surprised Tuesday after she learned that a special variety of marijuana had been named after her, even as she has a record of sending marijuana smokers to jail. Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel revealed the details to the vice president of the strain of marijuana named 'Kamala Kush.'
Kimmel said he was surprised that the developers of the strain had not sent her a sample, but Harris said she was not interested.
Harris repeated her new-found position that marijuana users should not be prosecuted and sent to jail. However, as a District Attorney in San Francisco, Harris prosecuted more than 1,900 marijuana convictions.
Harris has since endorsed legalizing marijuana despite opposing a 2010 California ballot measure that would legalize recreational use of the drug for adults.
During her interview with Kimmel, Harris denounced previous efforts to stop people from using marijuana.
'There was a time people would say, marijuana is a gateway drug,' Harris continued. 'These are failed policies, right?'
Harris said the resources used by law enforcement to enforce marijuana laws should be redirected toward counseling. 
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