We live in rural Southern Oregon. About as conservative a place as you can find, despite the bad reputation of Portland and Eugene.
We have dealt with legal pot grows for a couple of years now, and the bottom line is: “no big deal”. And the local economy has perked up substantially. Now I expect that to subside in a little while when the price comes down to earth, but it is not the disaster people make it out to be.
Maybe our laws are better — something other communities should look into.
If the drug nazis would find gainful productive employment elsewhere and let people grow their own the price would come down to free.
Why would you buy what you can grow for free?