Diabetes education for non Diabetics

I really think that people without Diabetes need to be educated about the condition. When I was little people were still under the misapprehension that the slightest amount of sugar was fatal to people with Diabetes.

Even correcting the assumption that people with severe hypoglycaemia are actually drunk. In these binge drinking culture days I have found it extremely offensive to be asked by a paramedic if I have been drinking at 10 am. People NEED to be taught that not everyone who appears drunk actually is. If you're drunk you will be sober in the morning, if you were hypoglycaemic you could be dead in the morning.

What do you all think about this? Have you suffered because of someone's poor knowledge of Diabetes?