This country miserably fails to punish public intoxication and fails to properly punish drunk drivers that kill others. If one repeatedly drinks and drives or kills another motorists, he or she should be charged with murder.
I don't disagree. We've had some horrid incidents here where people who were let off easily for a crime involving drunk driving later killed someone doing the same thing.
But stopping dangerous people who go about intoxicated in public is a far cry from going around criminalizing every substance a person might use to intoxicate himself, or, as now, even things that are similar.
Can you explain why it's a good idea for the dea to make soap and shampoo illegal? That's what announced they're considering, for products that contain hemp. They've already criminalized hemp-containing snack foods, even though a person could eat a truckload of them and not get "high".
Maybe if the jails weren't full of the likes of marijuana "criminals" there'd be more room there for others such as you describe above.
As for the unhealthy sexual behaviors of others, why should we pay to prosecute them for it, if they're not doing whatever it is in public (and assuming that they're not assaulting someone or making time with a minor)? Let their insurance companies charge them higher rates.
But, acts like committing adultery are crimes. Adultery is a crime against one's spouse.