I can't stand the stuff, but I never was much of a drinker anyway.

[ Flagg himself is actually sober - not because he's a good ol' boy scout, but because he doesn't want to make himself vulnerable by getting drunk.

And so he can keep a safe distance from the prison drug racket. He's interested in what the dealers are doing from a business perspective, but he doesn't want to get hooked on anything. ]

You can do better than pruno if you know the right people, of course.