The assorted people who see the immense futility of this say it resembles prohibition, which it does not resemble at all. It is Prohibition. Some of the resistance to sensibly legalizing drugs is due to the people who are for it. In These Times is willing to advocate something almost automatically makes any sensible person want to do the exact opposite. But even the people who read High Times can be right about something, and it so happens they are right about drugs in general.
People act worse on hooch than they do on drugs.
It's nastier in its effects on the body and the temper. Drink kills more people. And it will likely keep doing so long after drugs in general have been legalized. People on drugs are better behaved than people who are looking for more of them. Just like people who drink.