Should we legalise weed?

I think we should for many reasons:

1. We lose £billions a year to illegal drug economies. It’s estimated that if we legalised weed we’d get over £2billion more a year into the economy. I don’t smoke but I have some friends who do and they spend around £100 a month on weed on average.
2. Weed itself causes fewer deaths than alcohol.
3. It would create more jobs which would help with the employment crisis
4. We could use it to hire people who’s slates were wiped clean as weed sale would no longer be a criminal offence so anyone who’s then got a clean record could be prioritised for jobs in the new weed industry
5. It would allow entrepreneurs to create new businesses around weed. This is more than just the actual weed but things like selling edibles or selling paraphernalia.
6. We could make it a tourism thing like Amsterdam and California do!
7. It would actually take money from criminal gangs and hopefully help quash them a bit.
8. Finally, everyone would be so gassed. I feel like it would bring up the county’s morale for a while.

The only real issue I see with it is that maybe prices would be higher than street prices and then people might not want to go to the legal dispensaries. But maybe we just prioritise trying to make sure the weed remains the same as street value and also offer options for different strains that could be more expensive?

Anyway, what do you guys think?