[eyelidlessness]

I honestly think it’ll pass federally before most of the remaining holdout states come on over. I’m saying this from having worked in the industry. There’s very little resistance at the federal level other than inertia, and quite a lot of red state resistance.

[kortilla]

> and quite a lot of red state resistance.

Not really red state resistance. It’s legal in AK and MT but still illegal (but decriminalized) in NY. Illegal in Maryland, Virginia, New Mexico, etc.

Likely the only real correlation is with states that give their citizens direct referendums.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_U.S._j...

[eyelidlessness]

You’re right that direct democracy measures are a correlation. My point was not that there’s a red/blue divide in current law, but that my educated experience working in the industry informs me that there’s low political will in many red states to legalize & high political pressure to resist it. I’m very familiar with the legal map, don’t need a wiki link thanks.

[kortilla]

> low political will in many red states to legalize & high political pressure to resist it

And this clearly applies to blue states as well. If it didn’t it would have been legalized without referendum in CA, or in NM, etc.

> I’m very familiar with the legal map, don’t need a wiki link thanks.

Well you do if you think there is something special about red states in this regard.

[adventured]

That's exactly what will happen. There will be at least 10-15 permanent holdout states that will never willingly legalize it. The same was going to be true of gay marriage. As a union we don't have to care about those holdout states, their positions are meaningless, just have to get a strong majority of the states on board and it's going to be taken care of at the federal level.