I dunno about any "planned deterioration", but the Stoners applied Democracy to Colorado's "Amendment Law" and then they turned out in numbers. People voted for the MJ Law that have never voted before and probably won't ever vote again.
I dunno how or what got the law passed in Washington State, but the fact that they're an overwhelmingly Liberal State probably helped . . and in Washington, they slapped a 75% tax on legal Ganga . . The stoners screamed and then lit up. But Washington isn't having the same "Tourist" problems because of exactly that, the higher prices in Washington . .
We'll have to see how it all shakes out, because we're only a month into the legalization, but if the past is any indicator, stoners, especially the younger ones and the "addicted" (1 out of every 10) make their livings and their dope money by crime.
And whether it's breaking into cars on the street or Robbing banks, it property that someone else owns and they're taking. They (the stoners) use the excuse that anybody with a job and possessions are "Rich' thus shouldn't mind sharing their possessions so that a poor, sober stoner can buy some Bud . .
Basically, if you didn't carry before the legalization, you probably ought to start, because coming home and finding someone in your house or garage can end up with you dead if you aren't prepared to make the other guy that way . . 17 year old kid did that to a man and his wife in Colorado Springs about 6 months ago . . Shot them when they caught him in their house . . ADT called them but didn't call the police . .