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Science Fiction— particularly of the "New Wave" of The Sixties and The Seventies— assumed that increasing liberalization of drugs would continue and that drugs currently banned would become not only legal but also as popular and commonplace as alcohol and tobacco are (or were, now that tobacco is becoming more stigmatized). Usually the drugs in question are "soft" drugs like marijuana and the hallucinogens (particularly LSD) rather than cocaine or heroin; often Fantastic Drugs are part of the mix as well. Some works decide to be ironic and legalize currently illegal drugs, but have alcohol and tobacco banned.
Unlike Government Drug Enforcement, there is no compulsion to take such drugs, and May Contain Evil doesn't necessarily come up (unless a new drug is luring people away from the popular stuff).
This is somewhere between a Discredited Trope and a Forgotten Trope these days, what with Drugs Are Bad having been enforced in recent years. Could come back as marijuana legalization gets more discussion, or remain the occasional Author Appeal topic.
Contrast with Eternal Prohibition.
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