It's completely unsurprising that a social movement mirroring the attitude and values of the 1920s anti-saloon league would rediscover temperance as a cause they want to advance. There's always, in all societies, some group that wants to "fix" social ills by banning things and controlling people. These groups, when they get their way, do more harm than good.
Would you see the regulations regarding tabaccomor gambling as efforts that did more harm than good ?
I think there are efforts that are ill placed, and others that counter balance natural harmful tendencies or other efforts from groups benefiting from harmful behavior. I wouldn’t label all banning and efforts to shape a society as useless or counter productive.
