Fair enough.
I hope one day we can see that trees are free in the world. It doesn't do any harm. Relax your minds.
There is a LOT of history and economics that go into keeping substances like marijuana illegal. This is changing, but if you understand why its illegal you understand why its taking so long to get those laws and peoples minds changed.
I think I should add that legality at this point probably has very little to do with the success or failure of Potcoin. Bitcoin has and continues to be available to anybody who wants to accept crypto. But Bitcoin has left the door open for competitors and I think in the future we will have a situation where multiple blockchains are in use every day by many people for a variety of purposes. They may even have vastly differently properties between them so they can each serve their own purpose. Potcoin is attempting to carve out a niche for a specific market. But it depends entirely on the success of Bitcoin. If Bitcoin fails, then probably so does Potcoin.
All of this is true. We don't however know the mindset of those that deal or grow the legal marijuana in jurisdictions where it has been legalized or decriminalized.
Remember the stain that silk road put on BTC? It doesn't matter that 10000x more USD has and will be used for drugs/guns/etc than BTC ever will, people are easily swayed and influenced by bad press more so than good press. I would advise that anyone who wants POTcoin to succeed do their best to keep discussions about POTcoin limited to whats legal and what WON'T risk bad press or someone going to jail.
I disagree on any of the so called altcoins being tied to BTC for their survival, it appears that way now but its very likely that it will be an altcoin that succeeds BTC if it can't innovate enough and get the user friendly aspect nailed down. I also believe that POS in some form is the future of crypto.
My point is that there is enough legal weed to focus on without risking being seen as a coin for any and all drugs. We are at a crucial point and we need to worry about image more than anything else. We now have a working POSv network, now its time to work on being branded "the weed coin" rather than "the weed coin and also special k and maybe heroine".