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

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

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    22 hours ago

    Pros:

    • it makes weed cheaper, safer
    • you know exactly what you’re getting since there’s no incentive to illegally lace weed with other dangerous stuff
    • less need to prosecute drug possession “crimes” that hurt nobody
    • It makes it less appealing to young kids because the dangerous aspect is removed

    Cons:

    • Weed smells bad to many people, there are complaints from a lot who visit about how open weed smoking make some places smell awful
    • Legal Grow op greenhouses cause a lot of light pollution which is an annoyance for the local population
    • Some weed smokers joke around saying weed was more fun when it was illegal.
    • Harder to enforce impairment since weed takes much longer to stop registering on tests than you are affected by it

    I’m not a regular smoker, I think we are better off having it legal though.