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Drugs, for instance, aren't outlawed because the Bible condemns them, but are outlawed because they are bad for people. Alcohol isn't outlawed because it is a highly taxed world export and import trade, and millions of people rely on it for work. Outlawing it would kill the labour party. Cigarrettes are coming under heavy opposition from both the NHS and the government, who are now attempting to make it illegal to smoke in certain areas.
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Outlawing drugs/alcohol is a dangerous game. Prohibition cost the U.S. organized crime and NASCAR, back in the day....
In the modern British legal system, and many others, for that matter, the Bible is entirely significant. I'm not much of a political expert, but it doesn't take a degree to realize there is a great deal of influence that has come out of the book. Many politicians nowadays are Christian, many politicians decades ago were Christians, and so on. Moral principles are learned, passed down, and suggested towards others. I can't think of a way to clearly describe the idea, but whether you accept it or not, much of society's moral foundations intertwine with biblical influence, though not remaining confined to direct derivatives.
Something like that.