Alcohol kills more people than any other drug every year, not even close to any other drug.
But don't fool yourself, the state runs liquor stores to sell it directly to the populace and collects large taxes from it. What you see is just virtue signaling with them suggesting people limit the use of it.
In fact, Prohibition was nothing more than a tax scheme.
Let me explain.
Before the US Federal Income tax was passed at the turn of the 20th century, the Federal income tax was voted down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the 1890's, so the Progressives who wanted the Federal Income tax simply said they would add it to the Constitution. But they needed votes to pass it, so they made a deal with Evangelicals and such to support Prohibition if they would support the Federal Income tax. So, they agreed. The reason this is important is that the Federal government collected a large amount of taxation from the sales of alcohol to keep the Federal government viable, so they needed the US Federal Income tax to bring in revenue to replace the alcohol taxation revenue. They first had to vote on the Federal Income tax and then later voted for Prohibition as the Evangelicals joined them as they had promised. The thing was, though, Progressives were never serious about enforcing Prohibition as boot leggers would come to the Capital itself to sell alcohol to the Congressmen, lushes like Nancy and company. Sure, they made a few arrests here and there but were never really serious about enforcing it, much like the joke of the war on drugs we have today. They then let prohibition fail, and then amended the Constitution to end Prohibition. They just shrugged their shoulders and said, "Prohibition just did not work" as they then blamed the Evangelicals.
The Federal government then resumed collecting revenue from alcohol, as well as from the US Federal Income tax, and just like that, the US Federal government doubled their tax revenue.
I'm sure we will soon also have a state pot store next to the state liquor store, and maybe a state crack whore house as well.