Restricting drugs is trying to send messages out to people who misuse drugs but also about trying to send messages out to people out there in the community.
The use of illicit drugs has been prohibited internationally because of international agreement that the general community has a greater right to protect itself from the harms of illicit drug use. There is still greater public support for the continued prohibiting of illicit drug use than there is for legalizing and regulating the use of these substances.
The prohibition of drugs through legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain intoxicating substances.
