8. John Legend
Never was there a man with the soul of John Legend. His mere voice trembles the underwear off of anyone standing within a one-mile radius of him. If he can’t be our moral light in the darkness, no one will. Luckily for us, Legend is very much pro-legalization. For much of the same reason that Jay Z is; Legend believes that legalizing pot will aid in the reduction of incredibly high incarceration rates for people of color.
Citing the prohibition as destructive for the black market, Legend opines not only on the hurtful nature of the drug war, but its ineffectual attempts to actually stop use of pot. Because, as he says, people are still using it pretty often. People who want something, Legend says, will find a way to get it. In more optimistic terms, this now applies to California’s legalization.
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