That's all I could get out of your minimalist posts. It's clear to me that neither excludes the other ... and that with the possible exception of marijuana, drug harm is a much larger factor than the remote risk of arrest (and consequent acquisition of a record).
Why would you feel that it is confirmation of being “dull witted” for millions of Americans avoiding drugs or ending their use of them because they don’t want to be outside the law?
I never said that.
I can tell you that I have had many people tell me that they avoided or quit using them, or even temporarily quit using drugs because of the laws, it is common.