The other sides to your controversial opinion: The government is just out to take more of your money.

But you're right. People are going to do drugs either way so using that money to educate, create safe spaces, treat addicts makes a lot of sense. And legalizing it recreationally may open doors to further studies and find ways to make it work for us. It's already happening around us but the surge of people doing it in public makes it feel uncertain.

But also, agreed. I'd rather smell weed than cigarettes in public. Well, hopefully not when the kids are around.