If weed is legalized nationally and this phenomenon in SF is observed in other places, it might get people to start thinking about whether the war on drugs is effective in general, in which case other relatively harmless drugs like LSD would be next in line.
Ha! Just kidding, as if people used reason when thinking about political issues! No, the question is really whether tribal forces will drift in the direction of ending prohibition in general. Superficially, it will appear to be reasoned arguments swaying public opinion, but the true nature of the beast is betrayed by its slowness.
In any case, the problems with them switching to selling LSD are that the demand isn't anywhere near as high, and that producing it requires a fair bit more education than reading about gardening on the internet and then growing some plants in your closet.
It is but san fransisco hippies are known for making some of the best LSD like greatfull dead fluff and liquid. Most of the LSD I did in highschool was from California or from Nicholas Sand who fled California to Canada to run a giant lab until 1996. So California/SFO is like ground zero for LSD manufacturing and underground hippie culture that still exists
Dirt cheap here in BC. A pound of kush was 1800-2600 depending on time of year from a middleman wholesaler, now its half that. Even with smart meters (easily bypassed) that were put in to supposedly catch grow ops.
In Canada price of weed dropped to $80/120 per oz of AAA kush since washington legalized and more exports come out of california