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662 points JacobHenner | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source

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incomingpain ◴[30 Apr 24 18:11 UTC] No.40214167[source]▶

Here in Canada, it has been rather eye opening the extent of cannabis use. There are more cannabis shops then mcdonalds. You can grow your own and most people do. There's online options.

A society which criminalizes something so popular and widely used; will ultimately fail at their prohibition.

The next step for society would be to attempt at changing opinion, but what are the unintended consequences? The answer is, bad news.

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guyzero ◴[30 Apr 24 18:12 UTC] No.40214200[source]▶

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But there's as many shuttered pot shops in Toronto as there are open ones. I think the industry is still shaking out and there's a lot of volatility.

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1. akira2501 ◴[30 Apr 24 18:16 UTC] No.40214235[source]▶

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There's a common notion that I've noticed, which is that if you just open up a "pot shop" that you'll make money hand over fist, meanwhile, they're fairly complex retail operations to run and you can loose your hat just as quickly as with any other business.

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