While I agree with most of what you said, the idea that people are only against drugs because of backwardness or selfishness seems off. Is there any society tha

While I agree with most of what you said, the idea that people are only against drugs because of backwardness or selfishness seems off. Is there any society that didn’t ban most drugs? My preference to ban drugs mainly comes from the harm and way they hack the brain to lower the barrier of that harm. And because they are so powerful, not only do I think it’s immoral to have that harm done to another person, I also think it makes society worse when significant chunks of the population are incapacitated (and hampered from a better life) due to an addictive substance. Another example of this is gambling, or social media to a lesser degree. We all agree they have harmful effects to the individual, and have strong capacity to make society worse for everyone - even if you don’t participate. So we’re better off in the long term if we contain their addictive powers. As far as I can tell that’s a pretty progressive and empathetic opinion.