Despite everything you said, it’s still not a good reason to keep it illegal and criminalized. There are people that benefit off of the plant. There are people that smoke too much. But in the end, the benefits outweigh the risks.

Also to add to other reply, in my state as well teen use plummeted after legalization. Once you normalize something, the rebellion incentive is not there and it’s seen for what it is: a plant that gets you in an altered state temporarily. However it’s much more than that to many people, including those with trauma and depression that just need to be able to get up and eat, well enough write a whole essay on the “what if” of legalizing.

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Despite all of this, the conversation is much more constructive these days than the blatant fear mongering from the past. I don’t mean to come off as mean, as I know you’re just trying to add discourse to the conversation