3 Disasters That Legal Weed Didn't Unleash—Despite the Forecasts

The article adopts a contrarian framing that centers empirical outcomes against doomsday predictions, positioning cannabis legalization as less harmful than forecasted. Language is measured and fact-focused rather than advocatory, presenting data-driven debunking of specific claims. The framing is libertarian-skeptical of government prohibition narratives without celebrating legalization itself—characteristic of Reason's establishment-skeptical but capitalist-friendly orientation.

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• This article does not address documented public health harms including cannabis use disorder, impaired driving rates, or emergency department visits in legalized states
• This article does not discuss regulatory failures, black market persistence, or equity and social justice dimensions of legalization