Hmmm. I heard that some list of “gateway” drugs had removed marijuana from the list but still maintained cigs and booze on the “gateway” drug list. So see, someone recognizes that it’s all harmless fun. FAIL! So, 50 years down the road, will it become demonized like tobacco?
Only if production becomes consolidated enough to have large enough companies for the tort lawyers to go after. Right now it's being produced by the kind of small operators that just close up shop when sued.