But we have effin' tobacco industry killing hundreds of millions and still running strong within our society and acting like they do some moral business when in fact they operate one of worst amoral slow-kill-and-extract-money-for-it business in history of mankind.
We have alcohol industry who causes misery on global scale. When some pharma drugs are found to be damaging to the patients, there is strong reaction including banning, investigation, fines, regulations etc. But alcohol gets all the free passes there are and some more. How many people do you know personally that ruined their lives purely due to alcohol addiction?
All politicians realize this. Practically none have the balls to stand up to those economical behemoths, they know they would probably lose. Once in distant future our offsprings will look on our era and wonder what the heck was wrong with us for many reasons, be it environment, poverty, flat-earthers and so on. Self-righteous folks who feel they are above everybody else to dictate morals and beliefs. And treatment of some well-known substances will be one those wrongs done by few upon the rest.