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I think there's some misuse of terms here, the issue described is not about morality.
Laws are made to protect people and to keep things in control instead of chaos. Morality and ethics does play a part in many laws, but the issue seem to be about laws that protect us from others, versus laws that protect us from ourself. I don't know what term should be used to differentiate these 2 kind of laws but it isn't morality. But morality is not irrelevant when making these decicions, after all there must be a good reason why evolution developed it.
About laws that are made to protect people from themselves, I think people are just too stupid to always know what's best for them, so there is Some use for this kind of laws too. Plus stuff like allowing unrestricted use of any drugs, would eventually hurt other people too, not just the users.
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