Their reasons are what make it common, employment, careers, security clearances, not wanting to be criminals which is very common.
You insistence that normal people have no interest in avoiding behaviors that are criminal simply because they are criminal, is bizarre, as bizarre as your other claims.
There are tons of things that we avoid simply because they are against the law, and ONLY for that reason.
What many people tell you is not necessarily common, because you are only one person. Which drugs? For marijuana, it may be the case that the legal penalty is worse than the intrinsic harm.
I've never met a single person in my life who stayed away from drugs because they are illegal.
I never posted those words. Why do you post them as if I had?
And why will you not address the text I did post?
You insistence that normal people have no interest in avoiding behaviors that are criminal simply because they are criminal, is bizarre, as bizarre as your other claims.
There are tons of things that we avoid simply because they are against the law, and ONLY for that reason.
When there are much stronger reasons for avoiding an act, those are the reasons that are primary in the decision to avoid that act - nothing remotely bizarre about that, just good common sense.