Alcohol clouds your mind
Smoking weed uninhibits it.
Smoking allows us to see the world in a clearer fashion, and causes us to ponder on our earthly as well as divine purpose.
Alcohol, while fun, can cause you to forget your night, and be too sick to do anything for several hours the next day.
This is a country that banned religion in schools, are we really surprised that they would ban another natural uplifter?