There are too many obvious signs throughout popular culture that the writing on the wall for the end of cannabis prohibition is that it may happen far sooner than later.

Below are 10 examples of what today must increasingly be making pot prohibitionists’ toes curl:

1 – Cities selling cannabis

It’s one thing to legalize cannabis and tax it, but there are now cities selling cannabis directly (in some cases taking in all of the revenue and taxes).

The municipality of North Bonneville, Washington has the monopoly on selling cannabis products via the city-owned cannabis store. The town of Hancock, Maryland has entered into agreement with a local medical cannabis provider to receive a small percentage of the operation’s revenue, and the city of Oakland, California would like to exchange city-owned land for percentage of revenue derived from cultivation centers and retail stores.

2 – Cannabis Summit in NYC

This April, at New York University’s Maron Institute, a remarkable gathering occurred that would have been inconceivable just a few short years ago. It is going to occur with individuals with tens of millions invested in cannabis-related businesses sitting next to a dyed-in-the-wool pot prohibitionist who believes that any marijuana use equals abuse.

3 – Government prohibitionists jumping into the cannabis business

In recent years, a number of unique characters have entered the cannabis space, with a former DEA legal counsel jumping ship to Privateer Holdings; National Institutes of Health researchers departing for greener and danker fields in cannabis bio-tech companies; a former head of security for the New York/New Jersey Transit Authority performing similar duties with a New York medical cannabis provider; and, a sitting U.S. attorney turning down plum law firm and political jobs to go from prosecutor to pot purveyor.

4 – Senatorial campaigns vetting cannabis

Both of the major political parties’ national Senatorial vetting committees now ask potential candidates and challengers about their positions on cannabis. If they’re wild-eyed pot prohibitionists, they get demerit points.

5 – Media headlines, cover pieces, and specials

America has come along way from when about the only reference to ganja on TV was the 1970s educational show from NBC: Reading, Writing and Reefer.

These days there are endless headlines like Marijuana is the next billion dollar industry or Marijuana legalization sweeping the nation. CNN, CNBC and Vice (on HBO) regularly have series on the Cannabis Industry, medical cannabis’ utility, and the culture of cannabis. Newsweek and Time Magazine have had over a half dozen covers on marijuana legalization’s popularity in the last two years alone.

6 – Presidential pot ponderings

The 2016 presidential race will be remembered for many things before it concludes, but it has already distinguished itself as the first one where all of the presidential candidates were confronted on nationally televised debates with direct questions about their stance on marijuana legalization, and/or, to comment on how they would handle the increasing number of states that have legalized and the many more to come.

Some candidates, like Bernie Sanders, came out full-throated for legalization, while former prosecutor Chris Christie said he would put the ganja genie back in the bottle in the four states where voters cast off prohibition.

However, from nearly all the candidates one basic theme emerged: Let the states keep “experimenting” with legalization.

7 – No more: United Nations pot prohibition firewall

This spring, drug policy reformers will descend on New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs conference, where the UN reviews anti-drug treaties for possible amending.

With many countries like the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Jamaica and Uruguay moving away from the failed policy of pot prohibition, for the first time ever, UN elites are feeling the burn (if you will).

8 – Celebrities and Cannabis

We’re losing count at NORML of the celebrities getting into the Cannabis Industry and garnering headlines for such. They include Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, the Marley Family, Roseanne Barr, Whoopi Goldberg, Nick Lachey, Montel Williams, B-Real, Melissa Etheridge, Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Smith, Tommy Chong, Dick Wolf, Peter Thiel, etc…

9 – Joint pro-pot politico fundraisers

Ever seen a Democrat and Republican go to a “joint” fundraiser before? Unheard of!

Not anymore, not in the nascent Cannabis Industry where congressmen like Earl Blumenauer, D-OR, and Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA, travel together to Cannabis Industry fundraisers where upwards of $100,000 is raised and donated at a single two-hour event.

Ten years ago, the NORMLPAC could count on more than one donation check returned by a timid politician annually. Today, after the regulatory agencies report $100K campaign fundraising hauls derived from members of Congress, our phones light up with requests from current office holders and challengers wanting support and endorsements to NORML’s large network of members and cannabis consumers.

10 – The map of marijuana laws being re-written

Every year, NORML’s map of America’s cannabis laws becomes increasingly more colorful with four legalization states, 16 decriminalized states, and 36 states with medical cannabis laws. From coast to coast, soon enough, it will all be filled-in green.

Allen St. Pierre is the Executive Director of NORML in Washington, D.C., norml.org