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Is that what you mean? or an America free of the particular drugs you happen not to like?

Nope, just the ones we've made illegal.

Nope, just the ones we've made illegal

what criterea do we use to determine which ones should be illegal?

Nope, just the ones we've made illegal.
Drugs, in and of themselves, aren't illegal. According to the wording of the Controlled Substances Act...
Section 801 (2)
The illegal importation, manufacture, distribution, and possession and improper use of controlled substances have a substantial and detrimental effect on the health and general welfare of the American people.
And Section 802 (6) The term "controlled substance" means a drug or other substance, or immediate precursor, included in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of part B of this title [21 USCS Section 812].

So you see, drugs themselves aren't illegal. Actions taken are what is illegal.
Do you feel that that is too far above the average American to undestand?

And something else to ponder...
Section 802 (12) states...The term "drug" has the meaning given that term by section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 USCS Section 321(g)(1)]....
...and 21 USCS Section 321 (g)(1) states that...
The term ''drug'' means
(A) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and...
The puzzle here is that in 1941 marijuana passed out of the National Formulary and the United States Pharmacopeia. (54 Fed.Reg. 53767, 53774 (1989)) I can't find the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States to find out if marijuana is recognized therein.
So then, there seems to be a conflict between Section 201, 801 and 802. And the question to be asked then is "If marijuana isn't a recognized article in two of the three records of note how can the CSA cover it when it isn't there to be recognized?" Simply because it's listed in Schedule 1?