The most important election coming up, is not the US Presidential Election, but the Cannabis Legalization. Let's face it, no matter who wins the presidential electrion, no one really likes the winner... it's a pick between who is least worst. The other election, however, has something happen, or not, that affects many people's lives daily (treat illnesses without needing to be approved by the medical establishment).
Five states are in the battle: Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada.
They are voting to legalize recreational cannabis use.
There are four other contenders that are voting for medical cannabis, which some of the previous states have long since adopted. These 4 are: Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota.
Cannabis, or as people like to call it pejoratively as marijuana, is expected to be a $20 billion a year industry by 2020. That is one booming industry to be a part of, and all thanks to our nanny/daddy/mommy state controllers "letting" us have the right to be free again... lol. They are going to get a huge cut anyways with all the taxes, that's why it's "legalization", not simply "decriminalization".
Will the election be a win for cannabis? Yes!
It's estimated now that 57% adults agree with legalization, while 60% opposed it just 10 years ago!
A recent Gallup Poll has 60% support for legalization across the USA.
What's more, is that legal sales were up to $5.7 billion in 2015, and that's without the new bill/law being passed in some states, and eventually rippling throughout the country!
The cannabis industry is going to explode and create thousands of jobs along with billions of dollars.
Prop 64 in California is expected to pass, signalling a change in the rest of the country to come. Califiornia has had legal medical cannabis since 1996.
Opponents are not all against cannabis, some are against the big aggro business aspect,claiming it will push small business out and let "marijuana Starbucks" corps to take over the industry.
Mainstream media is pushing a worry about this being a cash business, and wants things in banks for control of legality. Typical...
It's sad a plant has so much opposition to its use for many benefits to humanity. It was once not legal in the 1900's before the reefer madness craze.
Even presidents used cannabis. But, when something starts to have many uses and can compete with big businesses that have a stake to lose, they often get government to make it illegal. Hemp was being used for building, for clothes, for paper, for plastic, for fuel, for medicine... it needed to be taken out.
Cannabis needs to be decriminalized, not legalized. Legalized is to make it taxable and controlled. Decriminalized is just to make it not illegal and free for people to grow and use. In legalization, there is still control and regulation and government punishment for doing things freely with the plant. Legalization is a con in the end, that's why many people oppose it. But... I guess the rationalization is... a step in a "better" direction is better than no step at all?
New life is ahead, growing new opportunities. Hopefully we can free it completely from the clutches of govenrment... we can always dream and make it a reality :)
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Date: 2016-11-03, 2:35pm EST