>>>I know people who live in Ketchikan and Anchorage, there are already lots of stoners there already.<<<<
This is true, speaking as someone who’s lived in both places and still lives up here in the north. The only positive to come from legalization is that everyone who wants to get high is already getting high, so I would guess that chances are the number of users won’t increase when it is legalized.
The unforeseen consequences of legalization will become apparent sometime around 2030.
As far as the forseen consequences, I’m glad that I’m going to retire from teaching high school English in a few years. You may or may not have any idea how the current crop of potheads drags down learning in our school, but at least the high cost and illegal nature of the drug prevent persistent use.
Another predictable consequence: Every August, when school starts, I get a boatload of buzzed out kids who have been smoking and drinking all summer. There are observable behaviors and thinking disorders associated with those kids. Of course, once it’s legal, weed use by those who want to do it is going to be ubiquitous.
Glad I’m going to retire soon. I predict a lost generation, perhaps two or three. God help us.
Thanks for your testimony and first hand experience on how bad marijuana is for teenage brains that are still growing and forming by the way. That legal marijuana will make this worse. Ideal Democrat voters in the making
Do other teachers notice this too when the school year starts up again? Buzzed out students