Cannabis can be made legal and still heavily regulated. As for everyone being ok with the current arrangement - the story illustrates how that is not the case:

Cannabis can be made legal and still heavily regulated. As for everyone being ok with the current arrangement - the story illustrates how that is not the case: Production and distribution cannot be done legally. What you describe is a way for avoiding public outcry about the whole state of affairs through non-enforcement on consumers. This should really change IMHO.