If you live in a state that has recently legalized weed, what do you notice and how do you feel about it

I notice no difference, other than people not being super paranoid about the cops. I don’t partake, but of the stupid things people do, this one doesn’t really bother me much.

I also feel great about the fact that police and the justice system are spending more time on real crimes and not cannabis possession.

Personally, I have never tried it and don’t think I want to risk starting up now. I have resisted alcoholism partly because of the calories and well documented potential for liver damage. With fewer risks and the ability to put the drug in edibles and drinks I fear becoming a pothead. Certainly the smell of smoking pot is a complete turn off.

Many have a hard time resisting alcohol to avoid alcoholism, but you getting straight to the point is commendable. Or you're just bad at English.

Anyway, I live in state where weed is legal. My only complaint as someone that doesn't partake, is the number of people that use it in public places, particularly parks. It's goddamn irritating to smell that crap as I'm running through a greenspace trying to enjoy myself. Stay in your basements with that crap and let the rest of us breath clean air.

Why is there such a difference in variants of marijuana?

Right, because the cost of a few gummies per week is definitely the difference-maker for people saving to buy a condo on the west coast (starting at $1M).

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Some are strong. I enjoy a few each week but might overdo it too much. I stay outside away from people.

I like legal marijuana. I enjoy it regularly. Adults should be able to decide what plants they want to ingest. I find it hard to believe that this is still a debate.

I wake up early and take my kid to daycare. Then I work a white-collar job on matters that would make most peoples' eyes roll into the back of their heads after five minutes. Most of my day is spent staring at a computer, which is mentally taxing. Then I spend most of the evening with my kid and will either do bedtime or make dinner for my wife and I, depending on whose turn it is. After my kid goes to sleep, I often pop an edible and do a workout. By the end of my workout the edible has kicked in and I feel mentally refreshed. I practice my guitar, I hang out/read with my wife, and then I go to bed.

It's really bizarre to me that people feel like it is their responsibility to prevent me from eating the gummy. I'm not hurting anyone. I'm not impaired. It's a nice addition to my evening. I understand some people may be put off by the smell of burnt cannabis, but I don't think that should take precedence over basic personal freedoms. Unless you are right next to an industrial grow operation, the smell typically wafts away after a few seconds.

Smoking pot makes you answer to "Hey Stupid" even slower.

I think it’s mostly marketing. A bunch of modern “strains” are just different combinations of the Cookies strain, which was popularized through rap music & culture. It’s like different shades of brown.

a decade or two ago, the popular strains were all different types of “purple”.

all the pure blood strains are very difficult to find, but those are certainly different from each other. Consider them to be like your basic colors. Once you start mixing them, everything eventually turns brown.

I'm all for legalization, but my opinion of weed itself has changed a lot in the years since it became legal. I used to think that it wasn't addictive or harmful based on what pro weed advocates would say.

Since then, I have seen enough cases to know that weed is 100% addictive, perhaps not in the classic physical sense like other drugs, but I see people who feel like they literally can't function without it. Maybe it's an emotional dependency.

The other thing I've noticed is that the chronic weed smokers lack motivation and a sense of time. The days just pass them by without accomplishing much.

If someone wants to smoke, knock yourself out but I don't believe it's going to be a net positive for most people.

Legal cannabis is less likely to contain fentanyl (and a wide variety of other contaminants) than stuff people buy from unlicensed grey market shops.

Yo dude, ever since they developed bud with over 30% THC, I have noticed nothing.

I notice that I'm high a lot more often than I have been since college. It's fun and interesting and requires discipline and grown-up decision-making skills that I didn't have when I was in college.

I feel glad that my kids aren't into it, but also happy that they'll have the option if/when they are ready and need an escape from world affairs.

Did the OP ever circle back and give her opinion?

here in BC Canada

there is zero effect on anything except grow operations and related crime seems down.

and growing weed illegally became something the average person considered and did to make a buck.

making weed illegal in the first place was a scam. back in the day by a synticate of cotton (hemp fiber), oils (petroleum) and competition as an off patent pharmaceutical

It's illegal where I live, but every now and then a neighbor smokes it ... and I know every time they light up because the disgusting skunk scent gets into my house. And if I walk outside, it's a literal cloud of concentrated hot farts that makes me gag.

People's right to breathe and smell fresh air should supercede anyone's desire to get high. Haven't they invented weed that doesn't smell bad? And if they have, why would anyone smoke anything else?

They have but they have also invented quiet motorcycles. Some people prefer to make a disturbance.