The prohibition of cannabis is promoting addictive drugs in my family. Please legalize.

Today I was smoking on my porch and my mom walked out on me. She has been worrying quite a bit about an upcoming hurricane and is really stressed out, I told her that I was smoking and offered her some, but she refused. She said she would rather take xanax and drink wine to calm her nerves. Why do people think this is okay? I don't want my mom to fall into unhealthy habits because the healthy ones are controversial. It really pisses me off that my mom is forced to do unhealthy things because of the law. Are any other Ents in similar situations like this, where cannabis being legal would make life safer?

btw this is my first post i have no idea what im doing