In very un-Elon Musk fashion, the brain behind gorgeous electric cars, spacey possibilities (and realities) and plenty of off-the-wall comments came across as uncharacteristically vanilla on social media this weekend.

His more than 35 million Twitter followers were left mostly agreeing after the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX teased something juicy, but the revelation was rather obvious.

Selling weed literally went from a major felony to essential business (open during a pandemic) in much of America & yet many are still in prison. Doesnt make sense, isnt right, he posted after tweeting earlier that he was about to say something that will probably get me into trouble, but I feel I have to say it.

The reactions were not of surprise, but more acknowledgement of something that has been generally accepted for quite some time. As chatter picked up steam, the basic support for his tweet transformed into opinions around cannabis legalization in the U.S. and social and racial inequality, as well as plenty of cheeky tweets and images of stock prices plunging.

Musks connection to cannabis is nothing new. Weed was on Musks mind when he tweeted the stock is so high lol around Christmas time when Tesla shares hit $420, a none-too-subtle nudge, nudge, wink, wink to the unofficial cannabis holiday. Then, of course, there was the infamous appearance on Joe Rogans podcast in September, 2018, when Musk smoked some weed and investors were forced to watch as Tesla stock closed down six per cent.

Musks midnight tweet is only baffling insofar as its painfully obvious. Still, he doesnt quite seem to understand the full context of what hes only now coming to understand. For instance, earlier last week, U.S. Senator Corey Booker linked racial inequality in cannabis enforcement to protests that have continued in America and around the world.

As a result of the work of activists, many U.S. states have decriminalized certain charges or backed away from incarceration for weed possession for personal use. That said, its undeniable that the War on Drug disproportionately affected people of colour, and the convictions remain a barrier to advancement.

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A midnight tweet from Elon Musk was presented as groundbreaking, but it was merely stating the obvious about cannabis - The GrowthOp