i want the rest of the world to understand that would happened in canada in 2018 was not the legalization of marijuana. marijuana had been functionally legal in canada for decades. it was functionally legal when i was a kid in the 90s. 

rather, what canada did was normalize being a loser.

what the canadian state said was "it's ok to smoke an ounce of pot a day and live with your mom until you're 40. that's normal, now. don't beat yourself up over it. you're still good enough.".

the consequence now is that we have a generation of stupid that's been normalized to loserdom and we're going to have to grapple with that.

the results are going to be catastrophic. it's going to be seen as the single worst public health disaster of the 21st century, when the cancer rates and the brain damage data really come in. it's a policy that has no future but reversal.

in the short term, the least thing that the state can do is ramp up addictions treatment to get marijuana addicts off the drugs. unlike opiate addiction, marijuana addiction is treatable, it's not a waste of time and money. the state should be increasing resources on fighting marijuana dependency now, before it's too late.