It is a gradient rather than black/white Higher the severity of the drug -> the more controlled and frowned upon it should be. And more importantly it should

It is a gradient rather than black/white Higher the severity of the drug -> the more controlled and frowned upon it should be. And more importantly it should be a widespread common knowledge in society that there are no harmless drugs. There are always tradeoffs (even with coffee). And all addictive or destructive drugs should be banned except some narrow exceptions for specific reasons (like psychodelics reasearch in psychaitry etc.). How exactly it is implemented - depends on the specific context. No universal solutions. For example in the middle east gashish and weed were historically much more common than alcohol, so it doesn't make sense (and will not work anyway) to impose severe punishment for it there. While it would definitely benefit western/northern countries to prevent spreading of it and instead allowing alcohol for adults etc.