I heard a presentation recently that made the point that when opioid pills are no longer available, the "patient" seeks them on the illegal market; and, then learns that heroin is approx half the cost per fix.
IIRC, legal marijuana causes the illegal dealers to undersell the licensed sellers; and, the dealers also sell, um, other goods.
And, only slightly changing topics, what about such things as long term health impacts ( bronchogenic carcinoma and emphysema) and short term effects (laziness, stupidity, forgetfulness)?
If I have a say in my state, I will keep marijuana illegal for at least 15 years so that we can perform scientifically designed studies on the long term effects.
And, if rif-raf tend to stay in other states that have legal marijuana? That's a good thing.
There’s no “Opioid Crisis”. At least where pain prescriptions are concerned.
That is just another narrative created by the Drug War Fascists and the media to make it impossible for pain sufferers to get relief.
People who suffer genuine pain are treated as the worst sort of criminals. That’s immoral.
There won’t be one state fifteen yrs from now which has not legalized marijuana, none will resist the millions in extra tax revenue.
Marijuana’s effects have been studied for a long time including a study (of hashish) by the British army of it’s usage in Egypt. Civilians were the subjects of study.