This was how we were destroyed.
I think you are mistaken there. The beginnings of the ruination of the western world are (partially) based in the drug war, true, but let's look objectively at the drug war itself.
NONE of the "prohibited substances" were unlawful until the early 20th century. Of course, many of same didn't exist yet, but the point remains valid.
There were very few crimes directly or indirectly attributed to "lack of judgement" caused by the availability of such things as cocaine, marijuana, opium, etc.
The problems ALL occurred AFTER these "evil weeds, Devil's plants, etc. " were suddenly (and it seems irrevocably according to you and your fellow drug warriors) deemed intolerable to the prohibitionists.
OH, there's that word!
Your type, and Carrie Nation are of the identical order. I hope that someday you can see how myopic and shallow your arguments for the continuing nannyism of the drug war(s) are.
People are a LOT smarter than you give them credit for (think of some of the ingenious methods used to smuggle people), and within a few years, the "cachet" of dope would die, along with the underground economy that is wholly supported BY the drug laws you support.
The deleterious effect of such drugs is apparent in our socity today. All the things we lament here concerning liberalism and just crazy upside down thinking.