It is. At first, until you said otherwise, I did read
//Drugs are not good, and we should be looking at getting rid of them as acceptable in society//
As your opinion, more than a hypothetical question. But my view is, people are far too varied and individual to be able to apply a ban which works for everyone.
Short-term mental health issues can lead to long-term ones, as easily as they could lead to an addiction instead. And as mental health care is pretty rubbish, unless it changes, we have to let people look after themselves.
A couple of examples- if someone has a very high pressured job, comes home and has 2 glasses of wine to relax... that could very well end up healthier than total stress.
And, if I were homeless, freezing, living in a cardboard box- i might very well decide being an alcoholic or drug addiction was a preferable escape. Even if it meant I died earlier.
Impossible to make a blanket decision, I think.