Can Marijuana Help Biden Heal a Divided Nation?
After more states legalized pot, support at the federal level is what’s needed to make cannabis investors cheer again — and now it’s possible.
Marijuana will soon be legal in much of the U.S. From here, the goal is to make selling weed as normal as any other business.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North AmericaAfter five states — Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota — passed ballot measures for marijuana use last week, the drug will soon be legal in some form for 70% of the U.S. population. A third of the country won’t even need a medical excuse. But that’s not the surprise.
What’s more notable is that unlike in the past, all of this happened without much of a public uproar. To be fair, there have been bigger concerns on Americans’ minds these days. But this is the moment that cannabis companies and their investors have been waiting for: to be considered a legitimate industry rather than a hot voting issue. From here, the goal is to make weed every bit as normal as junk food, wine and other vices long found in stores across America.