There were impacts to my mental acuity the day after that outweighed any benefit I felt I got. I will take an edible or vape something recreationally with friends occasionally, but it’s been quite rare the last few years.
The mental acuity issue is real. I can usually tell which ones of my friends are big consumers. They're usually a bit bright-eyed with poor memories. They tend to be bad partners at trivia night.
I used to smoke once a day at night after work but ended up stopping for the same reason: weed makes you dumb.
I do smoke for social occasions and enjoy it, but even when just smoking occasionally I can definitely feel the negative mental effects for a day or two after.