New Ganja Theories: The US will Legalize Cannabis in 2021?

New Ganja Theories: The US will Legalize Cannabis in 2021?

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Welcome back to another edition of “Ganja Theories”, a place where cannabis consumers can come together and talk about things while incredibly high. Throughout the history of prohibition, stoners have said repeatedly; “In the next five years’ cannabis will be legal!”

This turned out to be false. Well – at least to some degree. You see, cannabis did get “legalized” in several places during their estimated time frames. However, stoners weren’t referring to geographically-restricted legalization, but rather a national change in policy.

The “Five Year” legalization desire comes from the understanding that the drug policies we have on the books today – are inhumane, ineffective and disingenuous. However, in the same beat, stoners have the ability to recognize that the government and those who represent it are…and have always been…corrupt.

Thus, while we so idealistically ‘hope’ that cannabis will be legalized “in five years or less”, the reality of the situation is that our affirmed bias towards a disingenuous government is true. We can just take a look at the track record of the DEA, the FDA and other agencies that have legislated policies that violate our human rights and sovereignty.

Nonetheless, we are currently at a point in time where the “five-year legalization theory” might actually be true. My prediction is that it will probably occur in 2021. The rest of this article will attempt to support my theory.

As with all of my articles – if you have thoughts, opinions and your own theories, please do share. We love to converse here at Cannabis.net.

Why Cannabis Won’t be Legalized in 2020

While support for cannabis is at its highest ever, next year will be a problematic year in terms of legalization. We will see a handful of states legalize cannabis on a local level, however, at a national level all our eyes and ears will be glued to the political narrative as presidential elections are held in November.

There are a couple of reasons why cannabis would play second fiddle to a presidential election:

It’s a political platform – Candidates on both sides of the isles will want to use cannabis as a political platform. Even Old Man Joe wants to “seem cool” with the cannabis thing. This means, that for both Republicans and Democrats, it is convenient to legalize only after the presidential elections.
The Senate – Currently still being dominated by Republicans, but more importantly, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Majority Leader will cockblock any legislation that comes. There is a small possibility he would let the MORE Act slide because of the aforementioned point where Republicans can use cannabis to maintain more seats. This is very unlikely, but one can hope.
Campaign Money – Most of the money will be spent on getting votes. Cannabis policy, while very important, become less important during presidential election cycles.

We don’t know who trump is going to run against, there are currently a mixed bag. We know that “Trump” will be the republican nominee. If Trump runs against Biden – we can expect another four years of Trump in the office. If you weren’t able to impeach him during his first four years, you’ve solidified his stay for the next four.

Nonetheless, we don’t know how voters will behave next year, especially due to the bitching and moaning from the citizens since the election of Trump.

Why Cannabis WILL be legalized in 2021

Once the Presidential elections have been concluded – irrespective of who wins – cannabis will be legalized the following year. No matter what happens, whether the left or right wins, there will be a polarized reaction to it.

If Trump wins, the same liberals will feel disenfranchised, angry and disappointed. If Trump loses, his supporters will adopt the same sentiments.

Thus, the only unifying thing left in the US, a thing which most people can agree upon – weed needs to be legal. There is an unprecedented support for legal cannabis in the United States and with more than 150,000,000 adults having admitted to smoking weed in the past year – it makes sense to provide some sort of release with the act of legalization.

Furthermore, the MORE Act or some similar legislation will be drafted up and ready to be voted on within the first quarter of the 2021. In all likeliness, we can expect something around the April 2021 marker, however this is all still speculation.

What can you do about it?

All that you can do is help move the ball along by voting on every local issue in relation to legalizing weed. Even if a policy isn’t “perfect”, it’s always better to have some sort of legal cannabis on the books which can be amended, than to have nothing.

Thus, become more informed about local activities and become involved in local voting processes. These small victories inch the national cannabis narrative forward – however, get ready for legal weed in 2021.