Yeah Mutt's got the right logic I reckon.
Here, nobody knew what would happen. So what did happen? Nothing, really. It is still prohibited for a store to sell papers for instance even though I can walk about with half a lid of weed perfectly freely. Crazy.
But the problem is that the weed market is controlled by really awful ppl. This is why I don't buy street weed. Well there are other reasons of course. But if I wanted to, I would have to drive into a really badass area, look for a corner store with one or more hookers outside, and it's a serious risk because there's going to be types hanging about with guns. For a middle-class person to go into one of those areas is a risk of getting kidnapped let alone anything else.