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Why America’s cannabis experiment failed

America’s cannabis experiment has been a disaster

15 October 2022

9:00 AM

15 October 2022

9:00 AM

  Indiana

 

Once cannabis legalisation in the US started being taken seriously a decade ago, the majority of liberal Americans supported it. It just seemed like common sense. No longer would pot users have to rely on street dealers, so criminal organisations would wither away. At the same time, states would benefit from billions in tax revenue.

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