"A society which criminalizes something so popular and widely used; will ultimately fail at their prohibition." So .. all the countries in the world, e.g. Japa

"A society which criminalizes something so popular and widely used; will ultimately fail at their prohibition." So .. all the countries in the world, e.g. Japan, China, Singapore, UAE, etc., etc., where marijuana is very illegal, failed? It seems to be working just fine for them. Since we can provide numerous counter examples to your claim isn't your claim instantly invalidated?