I kind of wonder if alcohol is more acceptable to a macho culture because it exaggerates sterotypical "manly" characteristics: aggression, risk-taking, etc. Whereas potheads are seen as passive, without motivation, junk-food-eating: "female" characteristics.
I don't believe this, but when some hairy-chested type starts talking about stupid, lazy potheads while he's swilling his sixth brew and pounding the table, I gotta wonder.
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