given that addictions still exist even for the most illicit drugs, I don't see that correlation.
enforcement is significantly less 'a joke' for heroin and cocaine, yet addicts still exist for the products.
also : is incarceration/penal-justice really the desired outcome here? Is the punchline here : "Would you rather be surrounded by ex-convicts or addicts?"
Anecdotally, enforcement is a joke for cocaine too. I know several people who use it recreationally, sometimes to slightly disturbing excess, and none have ever been in any legal trouble for it.
enforcement is significantly less 'a joke' for heroin and cocaine, yet addicts still exist for the products.
also : is incarceration/penal-justice really the desired outcome here? Is the punchline here : "Would you rather be surrounded by ex-convicts or addicts?"