i see your point and not sure what your xp is with cannabis, but for me, it is quite helpful as i have a number of health issues and it really helps me get motivated and significantly increase my output in all aspects of my life. I do not get all high and cozy. So you dont get the wrong impression, i have an EE degree and have been designing medical devices, running clinical trials for 15+, i dont drink and i have a strict eating/sleeping/exercize schedule as well as very limited diet becuase if i dont, i get sick/depressed/low functioning. The level of illegality is a serious issue in this country and I would maintain that a lot of the negative behavior / response we see is becuase of the illegality and contraversy around it, as well as the limited locations where it is legal is going to attract the part of the population that is disproportionately pleasure seekers. Go to amsterdam, its not the locals who are always getting high and stupid, its the tourists going their for it. IMO alcohol is far worse, particularly in my experience in medicine. More people wake up to the deep state when they are high then sober. That being said, i have fam / friends that our now doing everything, the microdosing shrooms / pills / etc... they are abusing it when those tools can have very powerful uses as seen in many cultures when there are rituals / special occasions around it. it is strange the use of cannabis as a bargaining chip for removing guns. so strange when plenty of drunks are allowed to have firearms... its a strange time and I'm of the opinion at this point that everything needs to be legalized and we need to relearn how to be responsible beings or suffer the consequences. the arbitrary rules and power structures are so detached from reality and based on bs that we need to relearn what is true.