I get that there is historical stuff we can point to as the tipping point, but I'm more interested in the personal stories and day to day annoyances that had lawmakers go "you know what fuck this shit nobody gets cocaine now"
There is so much you can expose your population to if you wish for them to keep the system held together. You can let them get addicted to some stuff you control and tax, make money from. Within limits.
But you can't let them fall into a pit of depravity and debts to private parties and get nothing for it.
It's been this way forever, in most recent civilizations. I imagine the message came from somewhere where it was established to be a threat to society and parroted by the front facing people.
At the end of the day, cocaine is absolutely a threat to society.
I am pretty liberal in the sense that I think making all drugs legal would at least avoid for private criminal groups to profit from them. If you look for it, it's not difficult to find. Yet I can't deny this would have a devastating impact. Maybe for the greater good, maybe not.
Drugs feel good, for a good while at least. Whichever the one you choose is the one that makes you feel better about yourself. And feeling great is not something most people are prepared to let pass on as a one time opportunity. Especially not when they could pay for it. Then, all of a sudden, you've been doing so good you have not been doing anything at all the whole time.
