Great post, though I must mention that cannabis saves lives and heals people both physically and emotionally. Alcochol on the other hand causes most of the major illnesses that kill North Americans (cancer, obesity, heart problems, alzheimers, liver disease, etc). So it's a real shame when cannabis dispensaries, the only option for people other than some guy with a backpack down the alley, get closed down and considered non-essential. People like my wife @MediKatie can die when cut off from cannabinoids. She has a prescription from multiple doctors saying so, and that she needs to take it daily. Without those shops, her health would suffer immediately, and the longer she went with no cannabinoids, the more likely she wouldn't survive. Many others (MS, epilepsy, depression/PTSD, advanced cancer, etc) are similar. A lot of kids with bad seizures that can't be helped with conventional treatments can be saved with the right cannabinoids, with are sourced in those shops people are laughing about getting shut down.
There's even a potential argument for keeping alcohol shops open. Not that alcohol has much medicinal value, but millions of people are severely addicted. If cut off, they can go into DTs and die within 72 hours. To a lot of people, alcohol stores are literally essential.
But with cannabis, there's no doubt. It is medicinal. Nobody will die of withdrawal if they're cut off, but many will die because the illness they're keeping at bay with the cannabinoids would overwhelm them.