Legalization has been both good and bad for me, mostly good. Before, the only contact I had lived an hour away (friend of a friend) so I had to set aside an afternoon just to make my connection. Also, he was quite paranoid and honestly kinda weird so there were restrictions. But it was affordable and very high quality.
There is now a dispensary walking distance from my house, and of course it too has very high quality product, but more expensive, maybe 1.5 to 2 times what I paid my old connection. But it's so convenient and I don't miss having to drive way the hell out into the boondocks. But I do miss those tiny little gummies that were super potent (I had to cut them into four pieces each) and not covered in sugar.