Note that legalizing marijuana is also synonymous with agreeing that plants should be regulated by the State. Otherwise, why is it necessary to legalize use of a plant? You see the-powers-that-be are playing game with you, regulating you at the Federal level unconstitutionally then getting you to pass laws at the State level to admit their unconstitutional Federal laws are the law, thus enslaving yourselves by bringing plants under the prevue (jurisdiction) of law.
Simpleton thinking falls for the ploy that legalizing MJ is any form of increasing freedom. Rockefeller's foundations and NGOs were instrumental in funding everything from 1960s activism, to feminism, to environmentalism.
You can also say German reunification was not a form of increasing freedom because it was still synonymous with agreeing that Germans should be ruled by a State.
It did, however, represent a loss of agreement among the Soviet ruling class which reflected a reduction in their ability to work cohesively for a common goal.
When the various factions that make up a State can not rely on shared ideological alignment in order to work together, this introduces friction into their operations because now they need to divert resources to inter-faction bribes. It makes them less effective as rulers and also increases the burn rate.