I dk whether addiction is the best excuse for drug enforcement when that same gov. makes huge tax revenues from gambling and cigarettes.
But if cocaine isn't a health issue then the criminal actions behind its use are a consequence of the government making it illegal. This just proves making something illegal is ultimately more damaging to society.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
