Another theory: Many people know about the "war on drugs" so it is not enough to charge them with Drugs. They have to piggy back on the Hacking propaganda from the recent hype over the Russians hacking the US election.
We still have no evidence for that Hacking but the populations have been fed this big fat "nothing burger" (a term used privately within CNN to describe the Russian hacking propanganda). Something you can really sink your teeth in while having nothing inside.