Mod Betty, I agree, we’re definitely living in a prohibition era for many other intoxicants, only now the stakes are much higher. Drug prohibition as it’s playing out in Mexico today makes Al Capone’s Chicago look like Disneyland, and in the U.S., it’s basically the new Jim Crow.

Let’s hope we’ll apply the lessons learned from alcohol Prohibition to the way we deal with other substances — if not for human rights and public health, then at least for the cocktail potential of long-lost ingredients like coca wine.

And the funny thing is, Coca Cola, back when it contained cocaine, was marketed as a “temperance” drink. Say no to booze, say yes to blow.