Why Isn't Liquor Considered A Gateway Drug In Kentucky?

"[Jack] Conway ... thinks that even growing hemp - let alone get-ya-high pot! - would be a dangerous gateway drug; he's pushing for more federal dough to be tossed to Kentuckians to fight the 'scourge of illegal drugs.' And, naturally, he's all for the production and subsidization of bourbon and non-wacky tobaccky."