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Wine is not a Drug

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When I first started this blog I thought I would incorporate some google generated ads to make a few dollars for my efforts.  My blog was rejected because google does not allow their ads to appear on sites that promote “drugs or alcohol”.  I recently took my car in for service and had my laptop with me to do some research for an upcoming blog post while I waited for the repairs to be completed.  When trying to access the web site of one of the wineries I was going to write about using the car dealers wireless network I was blocked from going to that site because the network does not allow traffic to sites that promote “drugs or alcohol”.   In both cases they lumped  wine into the same category as crack, meth, and heroin. For me and the vast majority of wine enthusiasts that I know wine is a hobby and we rarely if ever drink to the point we are drunk or are impaired.  For many cultures wine in a integral part of a meal and it makes about as much sense to ban wine content as it woul