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?

  • Noerknhar@feddit.org
    196·
    9 days ago

    Pro:

    • people aren’t criminalised for kinda nothing.
    • you detach it from other drugs (the regular dealer will also have other stuff for sale - not an issue if you buy officially or grow yourself).

    Con:

    • despite what people claim, there are people that get highly addicted to cannabis. Probably similar to alcohol, you’d say? Well, in my unpopular opinion, alcohol also shouldn’t be available the way it currently is (make it insanely expensive please).
    • most people consume it with tobacco, so there’s that to deal with.
    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Alcohol just isn’t hard to make. It’s also really easy to sneak into places. You could never make it insanely expensive. It would just all go black market.

        • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          8 days ago

          We already tried making it illegal. Plus we don’t have the health infrastructure for it. We have a shotload of people self-medicating a variety of disorders with alcohol. And lots of people brewing beer just for fun. I don’t know what they do in Finland and Norway but it wouldn’t work here.

          • Noerknhar@feddit.org
            2·
            8 days ago

            Not saying the model works in every country, but we see more and more moving against tobacco and alcohol in the EU, which is a good development.

            I guess you’re from the US? I think we can agree alcohol isn’t the biggest drug issue you have.

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      In my experience, most people definitely don’t consume tobacco with marijuana. Some people smoke on the side, but mixing is quite uncommon in western Canada.

      That being said, I am definitely highly addicted. I think anyone with chronic pain, trauma, or mental health disorders or probably at a higher risk. Not to mention the risk of psychosis for a very small portion of people.