I've been on this planet quite a while and I've known all sorts of people.
People who drink, people who don't drink. People that are Bible Thumpers, people that go to Church multiple times weekly, people that do drugs, either legal or illegal, for disorders of the mind of all kinds, etc, etc, etc
Of all the people that use different means to get them through life, to relax, to cope -- Whatever. The people that do pot or THC or cannibis, whatever you want to call it -- They seem to fare the best of any in that group.
Life is hard. Getting through it is even harder. I don't use pot except for once every few weeks or so I eat a piece of Cannibis-infused Chocolate. It helps. I think. Not sure but it takes my mind off the bullshit of life. When I say 'life' I mean dealing with idiot people all day every day.
We all need a crutch of some kind. Unless you're a multi-billionaire that can buy anything he wants..... Isolation, the company of others, a Yacht, a 1,000 Acre Estate.... Whatever.
Seems to me that Lawmakers should find something better to do, like ending fraud and waste, investigating corporate fraud, stopping government waste rather than spending time on silly-assed legislation that won't work. It just won't.
How did Prohibition work out? How about that War on Drugs?
Dumbass people gonna do dumbass shit. Go ahead, idiots. Put something The People want into the hands of people who really don't care, who are criminals. Let me know how it works out