Marijuana on the other hand, is a relatively recent addition to the available pharmacopeia, and while it may not be as bad as alcohol in some respects, it produces plenty of negatives for the society which has to put up with it.
So if the issue is still negatives and ills, how is cultural acceptance even relevant?
No answer?
We don't need another one. The one we have already causes enough damage.
And yet you say "Were I in a position to do so, I would not ban it [alcohol]" despite the ill it causes - that just doesn't add up.
As I said, I wouldn't ban alcohol, just regulate the usage of it better.
How does it follow from alcohol's greater cultural acceptance that we should better regulate it but ban marijuana?
It is insane that our society puts up with multiple offense drunk drivers.
I agree. It should be, at a bare minimum, mandatory one-month loss of license for the first offense and 30 days in the hole for a second.
You are not grasping that the one is a fait accompli.
How does it follow from alcohol's greater cultural acceptance that we should better regulate it but ban marijuana?
We do not have to ban marijuana. We can regulate it too. But making it completely legal and non regulated is just utterly stupid.