The closest thing to individuals currently that would be able to make this fly and possibly have a chance of standing up to the federal government on the issue are individual states and their voters.
I agree that an individual would be better but I live in the reality that in order for it to be legalized a state is going to have to do it themselves. The only time the federal government is going to get on this bandwagon is when enough states have passed it and they then realize all the tax revenue they are missing out on.
So once again, you want it passed overall?
Get the states to decide they want it and the gubment gonna want dey money and pass it.
Disagree that the only way to make it legal is to make it illegal at the state level. Making it legal federally is step one. If states want to come in behind the FedGov and make it illegal, then cross that nanny-state bridge when you get there. It's still nanny state bullshit, even at the local level. It will be outlawed in Alabama for sure, and most other states with an SEC school within their borders, just like draft beer, high gravity beers, and bottles over 16 ounces, were for so long, and lottery tickets continue to be. When it comes to things the church doesn't want you doing, all of the sudden government knows best in the south.