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Agreed. But the legal leviathan constructed against it is destructive to liberty and used by politicians and bureaucrats to empower themselves.

[A CA Guy]

I don’t think politicians empower themselves directly by enforcing various drug laws.
I sure don’t think law enforcement likes having officers killed now and then by recreational drug producers or users either.
That is kind of a stretch in thinking IMO on this topic.

I think you can make the case you want to regarding potential indoctrination in public schools. There you have political motivation and actual evidence daily for your statement, but not with recreational drugs.