No it isn't. Despite the "war on drugs" those illegal drugs are easily available in the US and even during the Prohibition of the 1930s alcohol consumption onl

No it isn't. Despite the "war on drugs" those illegal drugs are easily available in the US and even during the Prohibition of the 1930s alcohol consumption only dropped by 30-40%. Similarly ending the prohibition on canabis, where this has occurred, has resulted only in a small increase of consumption, and has even resulted in a decrease in consumption among adolescents. The evidence would seem to indicate that even if you legalized all currently illegal recreational drugs, alcohol would still kill more people, especially if you dedicated even a fraction of the money saved to treatement and prevention efforts.