Narcotics are banned because they are a threat to government control. Governments rely on a certain standard of deception for their people to follow. The problem with narcotics is that they allow an individual to have to ability to clearly see what's truely going on with their lives, though in a meditative and sedative state. Also, in such a state, a person has the ability to be unpredictable ("autistic mode") as opposed to a sober person.
Indeed, narcotics have been used by humans to gain insight for thousands of years. Mystics smoked opium to greatly enhance their metaphysical state. The narcotics allow a person to simply focus on one issue at a time to determine their value.
The same holds true for the modern era, to some extent. The problem is that (most) people have long forgotten how to effectively exploit their 'high' for beneficial purposes (other than pleasure). This gives the government a chance to explain the negative value of drugs, and rationalizes on why they should be banned while ignoring traditional usage.
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