To make matters worse, after laws are adopted they often lose any pretence of majority support. The enforces still seek to impose their will. Such unpopular laws commonly result in strive, division and animosity. Attempts to enforce these unpopular laws breeds disrespect for all laws. Unless most people support, or at least do not oppose, a law that law will be ineffective in compelling people to make the choices dictated by the law.
Alcohol prohibition is an outstanding example.
We are seeing the same result with drug prohibition. Many people have not yet acknowledged the total failure of drug prohibition. In the march of civilization law is the truck that follows behind to pick up the stragglers. A substantial majority, usually well over 90 percent, can sometimes at least partially impose its will on the small minority of dissenters. Laws against murder, robbery, rape and theft often fall into this categories.