There's plenty of evidence out there that refutes your assumption (happy to provide it if you're interested). It's not that they wanted more crime -- they want

There's plenty of evidence out there that refutes your assumption (happy to provide it if you're interested). It's not that they wanted more crime -- they wanted criminalized behavior to wield as a weapon against people of color (and hippies, in Nixon's case). If it was ever about reducing harm from drugs there's plenty of better ways to do that, don't you think?