While I agree with the tone of your comment, from a practical perspective I have to take issue. Let’s take opium, the semi-refined smokable kind. England ran that crap into China turning a large segment of their population into basically junkies. They had the boxer rebellion and we all know history, but was it within the legal/moral sphere of the government to ban the trafficking and use of opium? A good rational argument can be made for the side of the government in this case.
People turn themselves into junkies, it is a conscious decision on their part, unless you are saying they were all Forced into it?? If you make Bad decisions in your life, so be it. And I see no responsibility on my part to feel sorry or help in any way for for the bad decisions people make of their own free will. We used to call this the consequences of your actions, not sure what you would call it today, Racist??