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662 points JacobHenner | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.248s | 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. coffeebeqn ◴[30 Apr 24 19:10 UTC] No.40214970[source]▶

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It’s not a particularly easy industry to value add. Growing pretty good weed is probably less work than a brewery - and I have a very hard time telling the difference between the hundreds of different strains.

Then you have to have security, your staff is high 24/7, banking is a mess..

Growing might be more pleasant than running the shops but then you better like agriculture

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