Yes it is, but since it has been present in Human history as far back as 3 million years, I would have to say that horse has already left the barn a long time ago.
After a hard dayz work in state houses and up in D.C. legislating against all manner of drugs...law makers slap one another on the back and meet at the local drug flop house...oh, I mean the pub to throw back a few scotch and sodas.
Tawk about hypocrisy at it's finest.
Well hypocrisy is bad, but it doesn't justify creating a new method by which people can be led to harder drugs.
Opium and cannabis have been used by natives/indigenous people for thousands of years. It's only fairly recent it has become an illegal substance. Most civilizations used plant based remedies as medicine or in religious ceremony.