[inference-lord]

It's because taking these drugs give people "other ideas" about their life which don't sit well with maintaining the status quo in society we have today.

People might start to become radicalized, see themselves as more connected to things like "the natural world" and then start to demand spooky changes which aren't all about economics.

It's far too much of a risky experiment to run, so it's easier to put it all on some type of banned substances list.

[Retric]

Felonies disenfranchise voters. That's the root of a lot of this stuff, social control is mostly irrelevant by comparison.

[reactordev]

And are disproportionately given to minorities to keep the white man (or orange man, or skeleton man) in office preventing them from voting. It’s systemic.