If this one dalai lama is the 14th, what about the 13 previous dalai lamas? I find it hard to believe none of them introduced tantric intoxicants to tibetans followers...unless the taboo is stronger than i think or hope it is.

I had this wonderful idea that the 15th would be a smoker. ah ah ah....I really really doubt it. Unless the message is tantra to the max. And the aim is to shock the world, especially tibet.