If you’ve never heard legalization advocates make the argument that laws outlawing drug usage are a failure because they don’t reduce drug usage, then all I can say is this must be the first time you’ve ever encountered an article on the topic.
The rest of us have heard it a gazillion times.
I’ve heard legalization crowd reference the incredible cost of the WOD and relate it to its complete failure to reduce usage frequently.
I’ve also heard WOD supporters ignore the cost part and just focus on the failure to reduce part and pretend that’s the whole thing every single time. That is the go to counter for WODers, erect a strawman by studious editing and lies.