Legalising marijuana hasn’t been the quick fix the US hoped for

The American public’s angle in direction of medicine is notoriously finicky. Our views are likely to swing drastically, from favouring heavily-enforced prohibition to laid-back, libertine consumption. Greater than every other drug, hashish embodies this extreme shift.

In 1969, just 12 per cent of Individuals thought marijuana needs to be authorized. By 2022, an overwhelming 88 per cent of US adults believed the drug needs to be authorized for medical functions, leisure use or each. This about-face in public opinion is more and more mirrored in our …