A senior advisor to the Biden/Harris campaign said that if their campaign were to win the election, they would pursue aggressive federal policy changes involving the decriminalization of marijuana. In this catching up episode, Alex looks into how democrats should embrace decriminalizing marijuana as an issue that could drive out voters. He also talks about how it could be bipartisan as progressives and libertarians could agree on it. Alex looks into Biden’s shaky record on pot and how it is likely that many progressives will think that decriminalization is not enough. He ends by highlighting the fact that most countries have only decriminalized marijuana and that progress, even if slow, is progress.