Ah, no

They are almost universally addictive, bad for health (often causing significant irreversible damage), and associated with elevated probability of antisocial behavior (not saying everyone has it, but it’s a risk).

Prisons are an issue, especially in America, but that’s absolutely not the whole story about drugs. Just about every country with a normal, non-commercialized and non-weaponized prison system has those laws too.

But some of the Americans seem to be completely unable to look elsewhere for any political experience.