"To ban the drug" means to officially forbid or prohibit the use, sale, or possession of a specific substance, usually due to its potential harm or illegal nature. Full definition
The emergency regulations were first put in place in 2015 and came three years after a 2012 measure that expanded the list of banned drugs and chemicals linked to the manufacturing of synthetic drugs. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Under planned changes to the law, the government would ban drugs until shown otherwise, in a legally murky move which will see it make substances which do not exist illegal. (politics.co.uk)
All things in moderation, so why do we think that by banning drugs through prohibition we can stop this. (politics.co.uk)