That destruction is largely self-inflicted - which is none of government's business, much less a justification for the War On Drugs' harm to third parties.
JustSayNo
That is a simplistic and childish understanding of the drug issue. I have personally known several people who died of drug overdoses. Two of them were women who left behind less than 1 year old children.
I have known several chronic drug abusers, and what money they get either comes from stealing or from the government. The third party being harmed are we people who are stolen from and we people who have to pay taxes to feed these parasites.