If they're "useless" as you say, what's the problem with keeping them passive? Your arguments about marijuana legalization and weak regulation of prescription o

If they're "useless" as you say, what's the problem with keeping them passive? Your arguments about marijuana legalization and weak regulation of prescription opiates also don't jive with your "keep the population passive" stance. Marijuana was made illegal with the intent of making it easier to incarcerate non-white populations and weak regulation of opiates was intended to keep people addicted so the big pharmaceutical companies could keep profiting.