Whilst I agree that there are some very wrongheaded policies out there which waste resources, good scientists and medical researchers (or if you prefer, people who could potentially be good scientists and medical researchers) are a limited resource and they’re not being diverted, on the whole, to the war on drugs etc.

It might be more relevant to think/complain about eg why data scientists are going into advertising instead of certain types of medical research where their skills might be very relevant.