Willie Nelson Predicts: Marijuana Will be Legal in Every State by 2020

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. [Read more at MySanAntonio.com]

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