Drug use and even abuse is a victimless crime, so how is that any business of the government in a "free" society?

The governments own actions in pursuing these victimless criminals actually create a multitude of offspring crimes and cost the lives of many people, both innocent and not-so-innocent. A plethora of kidnappings, rapes, murders and thefts all are created directly and indirectly by the criminalization of drug use.

The very act of criminalizing adult drug use and possession is an attack upon personal freedoms and is more intended as a way to surveil and control the public much more than it is to protect them