adfa dafdThe devout libertarian known for spending a fortune on political causes is now actively funding efforts to end federal marijuana prohibition. But soon Koch might be known as the billionaire who persuaded Republican and Democratic holdouts to legalize cannabis at the federal level. Although Koch isn’t big on consuming it himself, he’s going public now with a long-held belief: Cannabis should be legal nationwide. By criminalizing cannabis, Koch says, “it has huge negative manifestations, not only for the individuals who get trapped in that system, but for society.”“I’m in the philosophy department,” Koch says. More than anything, Koch sees marijuana legalization as the beginning of the end of the federal war on drugs.

Source: Forbes July 27, 2021 10:30 UTC