Because they're fearful and they have support from fearful people who want to punish drug users for no reason. Moral panics are some of the worst things in exi

Because they're fearful and they have support from fearful people who want to punish drug users for no reason. Moral panics are some of the worst things in existence. Leads to absolute garbage like the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. I'm astounded that psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, and LSD are all scheduled so harshly.