yeah, if you look at the way the government approached this, the model they used was tobacco. 'cause you smoke both of them, i guess.

but, the way most people use it isn't even comparable to beer. it's more like hard liquor. smoking a joint after work isn't like having a beer, it's like having four beers - or taking a few shots.

people are going to argue that it didn't cut into the black market, and i don't have any data to argue for that one way or the other, but, based on what i saw, it was obvious that the government missed the mark on what to expect.

if you set up a system that expects people to buy it daily in large quantities and it turns out they but it monthly, or biyearly, and usually in small quantities, then, yeah, you should expect to see some major losses.

you basically can't exist in day-to-day life as a pothead; even if you binge, you have to back off fairly frequently. the major users are all kids (that can't buy legally anyways.), unemployed/disabled people or people working in illegal or unusual industries (from prostitution to sound art).

there should be an across the board re-evaluation that tries to fit the data to vodka instead of to tobacco.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/cannabis-market-proving-costly-for-province-no-sign-of-turning-a-profit