Vice President Kamala Harris indicated on a 2019 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) questionnaire that she wanted to decriminalize fentanyl, heroin, and “all drug possession for personal use,” adding to an array of radical policies she supported during her failed 2020 presidential campaign.
Harris’s far-left position on fentanyl and heroin was previously unreported and could be a topic brought up in Tuesday’s debate.
The ACLU questionnaire asked Harris, “Since drug use is better addressed as a public health issue (through treatment and other programming), will you support the decriminalization at the federal level of all drug possession for personal use?”
Harris checked the “yes” box on the form.
Drug cartels highly traffic both fentanyl and heroin across the open southern border. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) estimates that more than 100,000 people died from drug overdose deaths in 2022, the most recent year on file.
“Overall, drug overdose deaths rose from 2019 to 2022 with 107,941 drug overdose deaths reported in 2022,” the NCHS reported. “Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl) continued to rise with 73,838 overdose deaths reported in 2022.”