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But Bill Maher is a walking testament to why it matters a great deal how often you come back to the surface.

There are no negatives.

It's two years old, but here is what Statistics Canada has to say about it: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/231016/dq231016c-eng.htm

It doesn’t matter. I’ll still smoke it.

Why only Cannabis?

Thank you for all the answers! :) It seems like most replies are positive to legalisation. The (amount of) stores is mention by a few to be one of the negatives. Perhaps government-owned stores (Like those some Nordic countries have for alcohol) could be a better solution? They have trainer employees and very strict rules both for opening times and age controls.

I have a hard time imagining making an argument where alcohol and cigarettes are legal and weed is not. In terms of harm it does to people acutely and over time. I understand the position of "nothing like that should be legal" and "everything should be legal" even though I disagree. But I think if you choose one, weed might be the least problematic?

No, it's not easy to test for driving. But alcohol is and TONS of drunk driving incidents happen still. I think that's more a function of not having non-driving options to socialize over alcohol.

Context first:

Canadian and I'm high more often than not, so this will be biased. I didn't really vote to legalize exactly, it was just part of a campaign that promised voting reform. Only one of the two happened :( I didn't use weed previous to Justin's legalization campaign.

That said, I'm pro decriminalization of everything for the end user, and almost all manufacturing for most drugs except the notorious ones wreaking havoc in society. Opioids and meth mainly.

I do think we need to consider unwillful sobriety centers for these specific types of extremely damaging addicts, but that's a tough conversation society needs to have that it won't. Ideals over reals. They suffer in the street causing havoc and ruining public transportation all the same meantime. Then you have the Cons basically wishing them to die ignored in an alley without any aid at all and getting in the way of any action. Getting off topic here.

Question for those of you living in a country where marijuana is legal. What are the positive sides, what are the negatives?

Positives:

Not sending functional or good enough people to prison for dumb cruel reasons.

The big fear was the youth smoking more over time didn't materialize.

Freedumb!1! I like vaping THC quite a lot, selfish positive :)

Cons:

Mainly it's a few glaring flaws in the Liberal Party rollout. There's still government enabled social stigma.

Given not a word was said about it in our recent election that I heard about, I'm pretty sure weed being legal is a complete non-issue for pretty much everyone voting except the nutters like MADD. Yet politicians are still afraid to finish the job properly.

Apt name calling themselves MADD, but I don't mean what it stands for. Treating weed like alcohol for a DUI isn't scientifically backed and it's puritan/prohibition minded moral panic theatrics. Then there's the fact you can still get fired for smoking on a weekend off work if your boss drug tests you week(s) later. That's fucking bullshit.

Basically I just follow the data. Minimum age is too low. Getting high is bad for developing brains, I think it shouldn't be legal to consume until the brain is done development. Age 25. That's unpopular, I don't care. I say the same for alcohol. That'd also kill most of the alcoholic binge drinking party culture, because 25+ hangovers and being out of grade school/college.

If you could go back in time, would you vote for legalising again? Does it affect the country’s illegal drug business , more/less?

Sure I would. It's been fine.

Big dent, not totally dead. I mean we can grow our own too. Black market is still cheaper, but they're not selling me 510 carts. I don't smoke weed anymore it's disgusting. Smell, smoke, tar, cleaning, bleh. Vape. Dry toaster vape instead if scared of glycol. That works well and I used to, but it's pretty wasteful/inefficient for a chronic user I find compared to 510 carts. Plus I can control dosage way easier. I hate being too stoned by accident. I couldn't do this when it was illegal, so my bad habit is made a little less harmful made legal. I got options now.

Background: I haven't used weed in decades, I have no personal interest in its legal status.

I can't think of a single bad thing that has happened. People are more open about smoking, you can smell it in the street sometimes. I live in a tourist destination, there are ads everywhere for dispensaries. I assume getting high is at least part of the attraction for visitors.

Also, I assume it has had a negative effect on illegal drugs - why bother? - but I wouldn't know anyway.

Yes, I supported it at the time, have not changed my view.

I don't agree with recreational marijuana use. I've had it personally affect my life negatively and wouldn't advise people to smoke it.

If it's medically needed and a doctor approves, sure but smoking it everywhere just because you can and because it looks cool is not the move.

I also don't think people should get thrown in jail for it, maybe rehabbed but not thrown in jail for it.