> for at least the ones who are susceptible to it (as you pointed out, not everyone becomes instantly addicted). And, see, this is the crux. You are banning s

> for at least the ones who are susceptible to it (as you pointed out, not everyone becomes instantly addicted). And, see, this is the crux. You are banning something for everyone even though only a smaller number seem to be susceptible. The problem is that this applies to a whole bunch of things: porn, gambling, alcohol, etc. Why heroin and not alcohol which, in many ways, is much worse than heroin? I agree that the base problem is that life sucks for many people, and we need to fix that. However, that problem is going to be slow in fixing, and we need interim, probably sub-optimal solutions in the meantime.