The thing is, there are many things that have a statistically similar or worse risk profile than many (not all, especially not highly addictive) drugs. Many con

The thing is, there are many things that have a statistically similar or worse risk profile than many (not all, especially not highly addictive) drugs. Many contact sports, even wildly popular ones such as football and soccer, are associated with an increased risk of dementia. Horseback riding is also quite risky compared to the use of drugs. And then there are also all the extreme sports which are also not outlawed. We could as a society outlaw anything and everything that would statistically burden our healthcare system, but in the end we would be living in a fairly boring world.