There’s a cook in cannabis

The cooks are coming! The cooks are coming!

More importantly, Charles Koch, a prominent businessman and political lobbyist, has his sights set on the legalization of cannabis. With Amazon and Apple also sinking their streams into social conversation – it’s safe to say that cannabis officially won the war on drugs.

Forbes recently took a deep dive into the motivations of billionaires, which shouldn’t come as a big surprise when touted as a hardcore liberary.

However, it’s big news to see that the Kochs have shaped the way the people of the United States act.

Although Koch is not a stoner himself, he sees no problem in people consuming the plant. Individual freedom is key within the libertarian paradigm.

Now he’s dropping “$ 25 million to influence criminal justice reform and legalization by the end of 2021,” as reported on Forbes.

Over the past two years, Koch and his network have spent a cool $ 75 million on legalization. This could be one reason why we have suddenly seen so much progress from the DEA and other political strongholds over the past two years.

Perhaps a great vibrant chef is ready to fit into a mature new industry. All puns intended.

It should be an individual decision, ”says Koch from his office on Koch Industries’ extensive granite site in Wichita, Kansas. “[Prohibition] is counterproductive. It ruins people’s lives, creates conflict in society and is anti-progressive. It never made sense to me. ”- Forbes

Understand the spirit of Koch

Koch believes that the cannabis ban is a violation of personal freedom. In addition, mass incarceration undermines trust in the government, creates an “us versus them” scenario, and enables large criminal corporations to grow.

Koch said we should have learned from the alcohol ban. In fact, he has two main questions that he would like to ask anyone who opposes cannabis legalization;

“If you don’t like marijuana or don’t like that people do that and you have all these laws, how does it work for you?” He asks before addressing his second point: “Marijuana, as I understand it, does less addicting as alcohol. Why is alcohol legal and marijuana not? “

While Koch isn’t at the forefront of cannabis legalization himself, he funds multiple efforts, moving things forward as a deputy.

For Koch it’s a philosophical question and his philosophy is, “The ban creates more problems for the country and has helped create the world’s largest prison population.”

“Through criminalization” [cannabis]”It has a tremendous negative impact, not only on the individuals trapped in this system, but also on society,” he says. “We want a society that allows people to reach their potential and make their contribution, but these laws block millions of people.” – Forbes

The Cannabis Freedom Alliance was born

Weldon Angelos is a Utah man serving a 55-year sentence for selling about a thousand dollars worth of weed to an informant.

Koch found the verdict “unjust, cruel and irrational” and called on his right-hand man to launch a campaign to fight for his early release under President Obama.

Angelos didn’t even know who Charles Koch was, but in 2016 Angelos was granted a sudden reduction in sentence and in 2020 President Trump pardoned him completely.

Angelos reached out to Koch and they formed what we now know as the Cannabis Freedom Alliance.

The end of the drug war?

It is certainly no longer a pipe dream. With billionaire companies like Apple and Amazon making changes in public policy, and Kochs and other billionaires like Bezos lobbying, it’s safe to say that the drug-fighting landscape will undoubtedly change.

Who knows, maybe my 2021 weed predictions will come true after all. It’s already legal in Mexico with the Supreme Court lifting the ban on cannabis.

Nonetheless, it is becoming painfully obvious that cannabis legalization is coming and right now there is a lot of money floating around in secret rooms in DC trying to “convince” people why cannabis is a good idea.

Some people might be shocked to think that billionaires are lobbying for cannabis, but to be honest, it is time!

Of course, never trust a billionaire! Only very rarely are there purely altruistic motivations behind their “activism”.

I’m not saying that you are not really in favor of legalization, but you are not spending $ 70 million in 24 months because it “feels good”.

You do it because;

1. It’s the right thing (now public)

2. They have some deals planned to get the $ 70 back

3. You just show everyone that you are the greatest cook on the block

Koch certainly hopes that legalizing cannabis will end the war on drugs. I don’t think he’s wrong either.

The legalization of cannabis is the thread that will reveal the colossal shit the war on drugs was. Society should be ashamed that it took so long.

I mean, how can you continue to blindly trust a government that has actively spent money producing false data to be used as a justification for locking people up for smoking a plant?

Ever since I went down the rabbit hole where Prohibition began, my faith in the government has been completely eroded.

While I don’t “trust” billionaires to do what’s best for me, I don’t think the government will play along without a big fat chef on board.

In about 5 months by the end of 2021, can Charles Koch and his wallet team convince enough politicians to vote for cannabis legalization?

I mean – the previous sentence doesn’t just illustrate how little your representatives really care about YOUR opinion.

If people don’t speak en masse, or billionaires don’t let their money flash, politicians will only obey what best serves their own interests.