Which do you think will be the next country to legalize recreational cannabis?

Germany did not legalise. It got decriminalise to a very Limited extend.

E.g. the "Bundesgerichtshof" ruled a few days ago that 7.5 g of pure THC is a "nicht geringe Menge" which means 3 months Minimum. Which means that If you have 50 g of Hash with 40% THC you already have 20 g of pure THC. The CannG explicitly states that having 50 g of Hash at Home is legal. Lets See how that plays Out.

No we just grow it so prone ministers can benefit

Alkohol is the gateway drug. Socially accepted everywhere. It's normal as a recreational drug.

Im guessing the 22 states that have banned for-profit prisons overlaps heavily with the list of recreational weed states

“What country do you think…”

obligatory not a country, but…

Why is this the thing every time in every thread.

From Canada, where legalization has happened, it's pretty much like nothing changed, except there are way more products on the market at way cheaper prices than before. Most people consume cannabis in their personal spaces, and there has been a ton of tax revenue, despite consumers paying about half of what I was paying before on the black market.

It's all-around a huge win.

What's wrong with a government deciding to regulate and tax a previously illegal substance that is less harmful than many legal drugs at the moment, thus reducing revenue streams for cartels and gangs along with getting more money that the government can use?

I respect your suggestion, but not your hope that people are unable to make their own choices.

• Marijuana causes an "increased risk of stroke, heart disease, and other vascular diseases." (CDC, 2020-a)

Only when smoked, from the link you provided:

It is hard to separate the effects of marijuana chemicals on the cardiovascular system from those caused by the irritants and other chemicals that are present in the smoke. More research is needed to understand the full impact of marijuana use on the cardiovascular system to determine if marijuana use leads to higher risk of death.

So this is only a health issue if smoked, marijuana can be consumed in other ways, therefore this point is moot. Smoking oregano probably causes the same side effect, I doubt you're in favor of banning oregano.

• "Smoke from marijuana has many of the same toxins, irritants, and carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) as tobacco smoke." (CDC, 2020-b)

So do cars, do you think we should ban cars? In fact almost all smokes contain carcinogenics, should we also ban coal? Power plants?

• "People who use marijuana are more likely to develop [...] long-lasting mental disorders, including schizophrenia (a type of mental illness where people might see or hear things that are not really there)." (CDC, 2020-c)

Correlation does not imply causation, have you read the actual studies? All of them concur that it's possible that people with schizophrenia are more likely to use marijuana. And a lot of the meta-analysis point to the fact that no study has normalized for family history which is the largest predictor for schizophrenia. It's actually kind of funny, a study finds a possible correlation, other study lists that and another one and claims the fact that two different studies found correlation implies a stronger link, another meta-study links that and other similar and claims that because so many have found a strong link it implies causation, if you go back the 4 or 5 levels from the study you publish to the ones that actually studied people you'll notice that none of them claim causation.

Throwing people in jail for being unhealthy is pretty extreme.

Is that any worse than caffeine, alcohol, etc? Do you advocate for making those illegal?