Your argument that we wouldn’t have turned out like China is not credible. China legalized Drugs. We Prohibited them. They collapsed, We survived. Figure it out.
Heh! According to you, the US in 1900 was headed for massive addiction, despite it never having occurred in the prior 200+ years, and that the only thing that prevented it was fedgov prohibition.
Even the silliest drug warriors are going to have a difficult time swallowing that one.