Meanwhile we keep truly destructive things like alcohol legalized...

For the freedom of normal folks to have 1 beer, 25% of the population is drinking 78% of the consumed alcohol.[1]

And before anyone brings up that myth there is no beneficial dose of alcohol. Even in the pro-wine studies it's been found that the benefit was just the fact it was grapes and that eating/drinking the grapes without fermentation is superior.

[1] https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/alcohol-sales-...