I posted this in another thread as well:
You have liquor outlets right next to your grocery store, cigarette counters opposite the checkout isles.
You have wine, whiskey, brandy and beer tastings where the elite of our society congregate to celebrate the craftsmanship.
You have acres of barley and grape farmland with the sole purpose being to produce drinks containing an addictive substance (alcohol), where people go to for fancy day-trips and lunches.
People (responsibly?) consume these at their homes, restaurants, churches and family gatherings where children are.
Colleagues wind down with alcoholic drinks after a day's work, some puff on cigarettes and it is considered a time to bond and reflect.
Advertisers make spectacular commercials that demonstrate joyous diversity where friends of all races bond together over a braai with drinks in hand ready to enjoy the game.
But suggest that you can buy and, responsibly, consume what is essentially the flower of a plant that you can grow yourself in dirt, and people are shocked, appalled, outraged! It is laughable, actually.