Unfortunately, that "away from me" part just doesn't work. Expensive schools in expensive neighborhoods where one would buy a house to avoid the "drug problem"

Unfortunately, that "away from me" part just doesn't work. Expensive schools in expensive neighborhoods where one would buy a house to avoid the "drug problem" have a serious drug problem. (Anecdotal evidence from someone who grew up in such an environment -- it may be hard to do such research without incriminating rich people). Alcohol prohibition never worked. Drug prohibition didn't either -- at least beyond its goal of mass-criminalizing and incarcerating people of color and low income. Trying to prevent drug use via prohibition is very much like preventing pregnancy via abstinence and prohibition of contraceptives.