In her latest flip flop, Kamala Harris is endorsing the legalization of marijuana - saying no one should be arrested for consuming the drug, despite convicting hundreds on marijuana offenses in her career as a prosecutor.

"No one should go to jail for smoking weed," Harris wrote on X.

Kamala's pivot on pot

Public opinion on marijuana is much more relaxed than in the recent past. Half of all U.S. states have legalized recreational use, but the drug is illegal at the federal level.

Despite this broad trend of liberalization - which formerly anti-drug Joe Biden has supported - marijuana has grown more potent, raising public health concern.

As a political matter, Harris' record of prosecuting marijuana offenses has put her at odds with leftists who claim the justice system has targeted blacks. As San Francisco DA from 2004 to 2011, Harris oversaw 1,900 marijuana convictions, although few led to jail time.

Black radio host Charlamagne Tha God asked Harris to address "misinformation" that she targeted black men in an interview Tuesday.

"One of the biggest pieces of misinformation, one of the biggest allegations against you, is that you targeted and locked up thousands of black men in San Francisco for weed," he said.

Harris said the claim "simply not true" and called herself "the most progressive prosecutor" on marijuana at the time.

Harris targets black voters

Kamala's pledge to legalize the drug is part of a last-ditch effort to win back support from Trump-curious black male voters. Harris is also promising forgivable loans for black entrepreneurs of up to $20,000 each.

Kamala faced scrutiny over her record on drugs during her first run for the presidency. At the time, she was criticized for joking about smoking marijuana in college during an interview with Charlamagne.

"Half my family's from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?" she said at the time.

That remark brought a public condemnation from her estranged Jamaican father, Marxist professor Donald Harris, who blasted his daughter for promoting the "fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics."

In September, President Trump split with Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana in the state.

At the same time, Trump complained about the pervasive odor of the drug in many cities - calling on states to ban public use "so we do not smell marijuana everywhere we go."