The difference between a $5 dollar bottle of wine and a $500 bottle is taste, not strength. Alcohol can be enjoyed without getting inebriated. The only reason to use marijuana is to get high. The alcohol/drugs comparison used to justify drug use is false.
Cannabis actually has a far greater flavor and effect range versus alcohol/tobacco and millions of people appreciate the flavor and aesthetics in addition to the effects.
There are strains many people consume which cause ZERO inebriation nomatter how much is used. People buy cigarette packs of it to smoke just like you would tobacco when they don’t wish to be buzzed. In many jurisdictions there are stores that are allowed to ONLY sell this type of cannabis so clearly there is demand for cannabis well beyond inebriation.
Everything from chocolate to mango to even diesel fuel can be expressed via natural cannabis terpenes through natural breeding techniques. Cannabis has so many flavor possibilities, there is no need to add anything to make a flavored smoke like is done with flavored tobacco. Many of the terpenes have also been identified to have medical effects we are only beginning to study since it was outlawed so long.
Cannabis can also be grown to express every color of the rainbow and many people grow to admire and share photos of the flowers. Shimmering like diamonds for several months, the flowers can add some long-lasting sparkle and color to most any garden.
There are even monthly magazines that have been published for decades where you can see centerfolds of the most beautiful flowers like you would see women.
And the Easter Bunny lays eggs.
That is why so many bars make a killing off just selling one drink to every patron.
People don't drink (alcoholic beverage) for the TASTE. The main reason for mixed drinks and for serving beer 'frosty cold' is to HIDE THE TASTE of the alcohol.
Whether one realizes it or not, if you drink an alcoholic drink, you are drinking it to get drunk. There may be plenty of circumstances where you don't have time, or it's your lunch break , or wifey just called, but... seriously... if you weren't drinking it to get the 'effect' of the alcohol, you could just have a COKE.