Like pretty much everything, pot is being marketed to death.
A pot shop opened in a Boston area town in my state, and the lines to get in and buy were ridiculous. It was covered by the media in the same way it covers big lottery payouts.
Lots of shots of people hanging out the doors, joshing around, everyone holding “the” winning ticket.
The reality, to me, is, that there are a lot of people spending money they don’t really have for the miniscule opportunity to win.
But....no one ever says that.
Same with pot. No one is going to broadcast that some of it smells terrible, that there are going to be a lot of impaired people walking and driving around, and that, for some of us, it might be addictive.
Alcohol ads make drinking look like tons of fun, and casinos only show young, slim, attractive people gaming.
It’s just another way to separate us from our money.
There is a recreational pot facility set to open in my town in the worst possible place with regard to traffic. I shudder to think what it is going to be like getting through town when it opens.