Willie Nelson predicts marijuana will soon be legal across U.S.

Willie Nelson, the outlaw country singer and Texas legend, predicts marijuana will be legal in all 50 states by the end of the decade.

Speaking to KSAT 12 reporter Paul Venema, Nelson cited the opportunity to make big bucks as the primary reason that the drug will be legalized.

Laws that legalize the recreational use of marijuana have been passed in Alaska, Washington, Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia, according to Governing.

"The bottom line is money, and once those old guys see how much money is being made in Colorado and Washington, all the places that it is legal, they'll say, 'Hey, wait a minute. We may want to think about it,'" Nelson told KSAT.

Nelson is expected to launch his own marijuana company in Colorado this fall.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Willie Nelson, the outlaw country singer and Texas legend, predicts marijuana will be legal in all 50 states by the end of the decade.

Speaking to KSAT 12 reporter Paul Venema, Nelson cited the opportunity to make big bucks as the primary reason that the drug will be legalized.

Laws that legalize the recreational use of marijuana have been passed in Alaska, Washington, Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia, according to Governing.

"The bottom line is money, and once those old guys see how much money is being made in Colorado and Washington, all the places that it is legal, they'll say, 'Hey, wait a minute. We may want to think about it,'" Nelson told KSAT.

Nelson is expected to launch his own marijuana company in Colorado this fall.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Willie-Nelson-to-KSAT-Marijuana-will-be-legal-in-6397591.php

I hope he's right, I think a few THC vapor shots would probably help with my periodic back spasms and maybe my trouble sleeping, too.

eddie wrote:I really juts can't see the UK going for this. We feel far too stuck in our ways to ever accept it.

People like my mum, even though my dad smoked it, just gasp and say "marijuana?!!"

Would love to see it legal across the waters in the U.S. - perhaps then we can follow the lead.