Laws are extremely backward. Smoking is legal in every country in the world. Tabacco Kills more people than all the legal and Illegal drugs in the World. Cannabis kills no one and the most Illegal drug in the world. Something tells me, they are trying to kill us.

Screw it , pay no taxes, just grow it.

Money determines the shape and boundaries of the box I hope better Solutions happen before it's too late.

You're correct that many of those things don't solve the problem. I'm guessing the reason for the carbon tax is at least it pays to help clean up the mess some. People want to ban plastic but stop short of asking how the plastic gets into the oceans and don't want to stop or study that. Smoking will kill you but they won't ban cigarettes. People complain that the war on drugs isn't working. We've got metal detectors and anti-theft items on clothing and what do you know, it hasn't stopped theft but we haven't stopped the war on theft. Certainly the market is a big factor in our approach to many problems. They can put a ban on opioids but they won't stop guns, it's all on who's making the decision and who it affects. My college roommate, worth millions, told me yesterday that the economy is fine and farmers are doing okay. He's immune from the economy and has no idea how the rest of the country is doing. It's all where you're looking at it from.