It has to do how we define the word "drugs" culturally, not the reality of whether or not a substance is both addictive and toxic. Alcohol and vaping are cultur

It has to do how we define the word "drugs" culturally, not the reality of whether or not a substance is both addictive and toxic. Alcohol and vaping are culturally accepted drugs that everyone likes to use, so people don't like to think of them as being in the same category as the "bad drugs", which only addicts use. Also, most people can regularly use alcohol and tobacco without it consuming their life, so I think this is an important factor. The same cannot be said for heroin or crack. Edit: I'd also like to add that I know a number of people in my generation (millenial) who would consider themselves soft drug users. This would mean marijuana and maybe some hallucinogens occasionally. In Canada at least, regular usage of marijuana is very much normalized amongst my generation. It's not really considered any worse than drinking and I think you'll see over time that marijuana culturally is defined outside of the "bad drugs" category.