Thanks for sharing your perspective in your respective city! It will be interesting to see the data when it comes out.

I live in a big city in the US which recently legalized marijuana, and from my personal experience there have been more "zombies" walking around and smoking or vaping on the street. As a physician in a city hospital, I've also seen more overdoses with different types of recreational drugs (marijuana is often an incidental positive on a drug screen), but also a few more cases directly related to marijuana (i.e. hyperemesis syndrome aka excessive vomiting, effects and withdrawal from Spice / K2, effects and withdrawal from spiked forms of marijuana, etc.). There are also more people who drive and operate heavy machinery while under the influence, which is quite dangerous.

Just offering another perspective. Maybe I'm exposed to a less responsible sample of people, but it seems that, in my city, we're not completely ready for this type of freedom just yet. Don't even get me started on alcohol... 😉