I think there's a benefit to allowing a liberal allowance of licenses but a fee regime in place to attain one.
In Colorado, you can just give or trade cannabis in its various forms. Selling it requires some bona fides and a legitimatized operation but that's just another small-business opportunity added to the local jurisdiction. The tax benefits are outrageous as well, while still being cheaper than via the black-market if your are so inclined as to visit a legitimate retail operation. The only problem with Colorado is a historically problematic amendment to the state constitution requiring tax surpluses to be "returned" to the citizens, which is an artifact of a particularly troublesome period of zany (some would say completely insane) libertarianism in Colorado's history.
In Colorado, you can just give or trade cannabis in its various forms. Selling it requires some bona fides and a legitimatized operation but that's just another small-business opportunity added to the local jurisdiction. The tax benefits are outrageous as well, while still being cheaper than via the black-market if your are so inclined as to visit a legitimate retail operation. The only problem with Colorado is a historically problematic amendment to the state constitution requiring tax surpluses to be "returned" to the citizens, which is an artifact of a particularly troublesome period of zany (some would say completely insane) libertarianism in Colorado's history.