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# A Marijuana-Beer Column from 2004
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/a-marijuana-beer-column-from-2004/
- Published: 2026-10-23T13:32:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T13:32:15.000Z
- Description: I still stand by it, which is kinda surprising (Blog Post)
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Drinking

> [I suspect it all boils down to a distinction that the British writer ](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=asq1Y18lq6&isbn=0385502907&itm=8&ref=thedailyeudemon.com)[G.K. Chesterton](http://www.chesterton.org/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) drew between types of drinking. He wrote, “The man who drinks wine or beer with his friends does it from a good sentiment. The man who drinks absinthe or whisky by himself does it from a detestable sentiment.”

> There is **clean drinking** and there is **dirty drinking**. Most drinking naturally falls into the former; marijuana use naturally falls into the latter.

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