What do the old heads think of legal weed?

I'm in CO and I'm pretty fed up with basically all of the actual weed available for purchase.

Every shop has an in house brand or whatever and they're universally garbage. Went to Starbudz a few months ago and was offered 4 jars of their top shelf (connoisseur) line and all 4 smelled like nothing so I just got the one that looked the best (no touchey anymore either, just get to look in the jar from above). Bought a half but the people I bought it to share with literally wouldn't smoke it.

Now, to be fair it was probably the worst weed I'd gotten there in a long while (Black Ice - avoid it)...but their weed is always bad to mid. Natural Alternatives down the street no better. The local shop that just opened a few weeks ago is the same. Now sure its better than the worst weed one could theoretically buy in an illegal state, but CO weed generally seems of lower quality than your typical user *expects* in an illegal state.

None of the weed has any smell. Its all outrageously overdried and powderizes instantly. Never sticky. No keef remaining. Doesn't taste good. Doesn't even get me high - I'd tried to explain that part away as a tolerance thing, but 2 out of state guests were asking me wtf was going on, isn't this supposed to be the mecca for legal weed in the US?

If I want decent weed I have to buy it prepackaged at the same price (or more!) than it was available for 20 years ago (and more recently) in an illegal state.

Why is it like this?!? I thought things were supposed to get better. I've been multiple countries in Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas and somehow Colorado has the most reliably shitty weed?

So, anyone else feel the same way? Am I just the old man shouting at clouds now? I've basically cut my flower consumption to zero cause its so reliably low quality out here.

Shoutout to Green Dot I guess. Good shit at 'illegal' prices.