In Oregon organized crime associated with it went away. There is such a glut on the market that ounces of high octane stuff sell for what they did when I was in Junior HS. Or roughly about 10-20 times less than it used to.

If it became legal federally Oregon's growers could ship it out of state.

I don't really see many more people smoking it than what there used to be around here. The glamor is gone for sure.

You can't go anywhere in Chicagoland now without smelling it. Everywhere in the city it reeks of it. It's taboo to smoke cigarettes in public now but nobody does anything about all the public pot-smoking.

What about the smell test?

I've never used marijuana. I believe around half of Americans have used marijuana. I don't feel strongly either way about legalization. I suspect marijuana will be legalized.

I think marijuana has some positive uses, but mostly makes people lazy, less motivated and less productive, but that's mostly their problem, not anyone else's.

Keith

Seems like it is anyone elses problem when they take my tax money to provide welfare money to lazy, less motivated, and less productive people as you call them.

The "I smell pot" line has been used by countless cops to perform unconstitutional searches when they couldn't otherwise obtain probable cause. No doubt that if that were the standard for DUIs it would be the same.

I realize that there's no good test for cannabis intoxication, but there's just no good test YET.

Why should the government dictate what you can and cannot do. Should we ban alcohol and guns because they also kill people? I mean let’s at least be consistent. Decisions and irresponsibility kill people, objects/drugs don’t.

States like Washington and California thought they were going to make a killing off the taxes that the sale of legal pot would bring in. It worked at first, but now the competition in the market is causing the price to collapse and the tax revenue to shrink substantially. The pot industry in CA is asking for bailouts as it is becoming impossible for many to produce at a profit.

Pot sales in the first quarter of 2025 in Washington was $277 million, in 2021 it was $377 million. it has been decreasing for the past five years, not because there is less demand, but because it is getting cheaper.

In Washington there are three tiers in the industry; (1) Grower, (2) Processor/Wholesaler, (3) Retailer. License holders can only be involved one of the three businesses. Each business pays the State a 25% tax on their sales, This means the pot is taxed at 25% three separate times, plus the consumer pays a 10% sales tax. The State is now worried about the declining revenue. Kind of humorous imo.

I cherish my brain some folk must not care about that it’s their brain.

What?

I'd be curious in the states that have legalize it if it's been a good thing for society or a negative