Every person that I know works, INCLUDING the MJ users. Maybe you should consider changing your sphere of friends or associates. The genie is out of the bottle... and it ain’t going back in yee old lamp. Personally, I enjoy a vaporizer, followed by tincture, then edibles... and lastly smoke. I think you might be an arm chair quarterback. ???
One of the effects of marijuana on people who use it is to induce a highly emotional, defensive reaction when others criticize the drug. Something about the marijuana high opens up a real sore spot, and the marijuana user spends much of their time guarding it from any criticism. It’s kind of weird, doesn’t happen with other drugs.
Another effect of marijuana is amotivational syndrome. It’s very sad to see 40 year olds living on Mom’s couch.
I have little doubt that there are pot heads at the middle/upper income levels and that you might know some. How many poor people do you know? How many poor people do you associate with?
Perhaps things are different with you, but when I was young I was taught that God is no respecter of persons and neither should we be. I do not judge people by their class, but instead judge them by their character, and it is easy to be indulgent if you have the wherewithal to afford it.
What might be tolerable for a middle income or upper income earner is poison to someone in the lower class. They simply do not have the sort of flexibility necessary to be functional pot users.
I am good friends with quite a few high income earners including doctors, lawyers and engineers, but I pride myself on my ability to seamlessly interact with the bottom rung dirt poor whom I also know. Some of my upper income friends are simply astonished regarding the stories I have related to them from the dredges of the lower class. I have been on a first name basis with the current Governor of my state, and I have also known pimps whores and drug dealers.
I take the entirety of society as it is, and do not restrict my understanding to one little segment of it. I will be surprised if you have a more comprehensive view of society than have had I.