People really love an easy scapegoat to problems that are clearly caused by other factors.

Now I don't think drugs and other addictive items should be super cheap and readily available to everyone because that can encourage addiction and dependency (it's why we have taxes and age limits) , but . Drug addiction is mostly a symptom, not a cause.

I mean it can fuel a cycle. But it's not the dominating factor.

People are driven to drug addiction for reasons.

Maybe addressing those reasons is harder than just banning a drug. But people will always want to self medicate.

At least when it's legal it's regulated and safer.

Oklahoma focusing on drug bans will just make people huff ethanol. Or spray paint. Or make moonshine which is way more potent.

And it will allow criminals to flourish by selling the illegal goods that people want but can't get the legal way.