Drugs\
Gambling
Prostitution
Cuban Cigars ( at one time)
Exotic Pets
Abortion
Anything that is banned continues to happen. However, many laws do indeed limit the number of crimes AND actually involve one individual somehow harming another. Drugs, prostitution, gambling and Cuban Cigars are/were victimless AND unenforceable. It can be argued that exotic pets can harm the ecosystem for everyone and that abortion is a harm to the unborn being by those who define life as starting at conception. However, they too are largely unenforceable over time. I realize that each of these issues has it's own conversation as to why it should or should not be legal.
But how do each of them become the business of the government?
When do you realize that you are doubling down on a lost cause and try a better approach?
How do such bans fit in with the spirit of freedom?
What is the common denominator behind these bans?