I am in favor of legalizing drugs such as heroin and cocaine. There are tens of millions of individuals around the world, who use these drugs. And let me tell you something. Drug addicts commit far less crime when compared to the alcoholics. And if the drugs are legalized and regulated, the crime rate would go down even more.
https://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening#.rwhgIAq6P
No surprise there. When you ban something, you are forcing it to go underground. This is applicable to porn, alcohol, tobacco, drugs.etc. Look at Saudi Arabia. They have banned alcohol. And the result? There are tens of thousands of bootleggers there, who smuggle in the stuff from Bahrain and Kuwait. The government is losing valuable tax money, and mafia cartels are getting richer and richer.
I think this related with their beliefs thats why they're doing things like this? They should've made it legalize and put a tax on it and they might get money with it.