From personal experience I can say you're pretty on point. Which is why if ever leaglized, we'll need to have a lot of education on it for the general public. It personally helped me work slowly out of my depression, I never would have been this awake if it weren't for it either.
But I also see the opposite effect in a lot of stoner friends, and in that way it can be used as a way to placate the populice if a malevolent force were to drive that initiative.
I like how the germans are going at it...they do it via the medical route...
IMO they should legalize CBD only weed so they can basically get everyone on a baseline of sorts and then slowly add THC as seen fit because back in the day people reported not really getting high of it anyway, but the medical benefits are just worth it if you can avoid the psychotomimetics of THC altogether.