> Essentially, what the War on Drugs comes down to is police hurting people for them hurting themselves

More accurately, for *ostensibly* hurting themselves. There's no justification for the notion that "drugs" are inherently harmful; quite the opposite, in fact. There's plenty of documentation of this fact on Steem. See #marijuana and #psychedelics just for starters (go to the New listing instead of Trending to see all the posts).