Legal. I’m not a heavy user, but legal has been the amazing. I can pick up edibles of known amounts of thc. The sales people are friendly and knowledgeable.
Buying illegally was always sketchy, never knowing if someone would show up, how good the product was, if it actually was indica or sativa or hybrid, it was always just “good shit”, which wasn’t always true.
Prices feel the same and it’s defiantly not lower potency in my experience.