I needed to point out that his books were not banned because of praise of wine, but because of the evident man-man love therein.

People can drink all around the world, even here. It's well known alcoholism is a serious disease. A drunk man tends to be violent, irrational, and usually dangerous if behind the controls of heavy machinery.

On the other hand pot is not addictive, is proven to be beneficial in the treatment of some illnesses, yet it's banned throughout the world and possession will in most places take you straight to jail, all that just because of an overzealous American official that pushed classifying it as a lethal drug through the united nations.

You or I may know something, but even if this is true, if the street is through some organized ways convinced otherwise, there is little either of us can do.