Many people don't care for weed or drug culture.

Alcohol occupies a unique place at it's both an intoxicated and a fermented beverage.

I once heard a phrase that "You don't have a culture if you don't have cultured foods."

Many people historically relied on fermented alcoholic beverages like beer and hard cider as one of the few safe things to drink, since the alcohol kills pathogens and serves as a preservative.

Alcohol consumption also lends itself to more of a social lubricant than cannabis.