Archdiocese gives $850,000 to fight marijuana bid

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The Boston Archdiocese is pouring $850,000 into a last-minute effort to defeat a state ballot measure to legalize marijuana, calling increased drug use a threat to the Catholic Church’s health and social-service programs…
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The church’s donation will likely help fund an existing advertising campaign. Archdiocesan officials have also sent materials to parishes and schools arguing against the ballot question.
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“It reflects the fact that the archdiocese holds the matter among its highest priorities,” archdiocese spokesman Terrence Donilon said of the donation. “It’s a recognition that, if passed, the law would have significantly detrimental impacts on our parishes, our ministries.”
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Yes and the alcohol industry as well as the pharmaceutical industry are two of the largest groups giving money to try and fight this too…Gee, I wonder why?

If all these groups are so concerned with our health and safety, where are all the calls to put a stop to tobacco being so readily available? Tobacco causes millions of deaths and contributes to sky high medical spending, but for some odd reason, Ive never heard anyone even suggest new restrictions or regulations…??

I realize many will say tax revenue is the difference, but thats not true, while it is true tobacco brings in a lot of revenue, legalized pot sales would bring in much more, so, thats not it.
 
Not really.
Drug abuse leads to social pathologies that the Church winds up paying for.

Have a guess which charity gives more and does more for HIV AIDS victims than any other in the world.

Yep. You guessed it. The Catholic Church.
 
Not sure what drug abuse, legalizing marijuana under regulations, HIV/AIDS and charity have to do with each other
 
Legalization is a red herring. We did that in Washington State. Turns out that people are still robbed and murdered for pot. Unless the government provides it for free, the crime of possession is the only one to go away. And, the outlaw pot dealers sell with impunity, as the feds will generally not prosecute dealers in a ‘legal pot’ state. A slippery slope, domino effect - whatever you want to call it.
 
Bravo Archbishop!

Hopefully the stuff will not be legal in TX until my generation is safely in Purgatory.

Hopefully also, federal laws on it will again be upheld.

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po18guy said:
Legalization is a red herring. We did that in Washington State. Turns out that people are still robbed and murdered for pot. Unless the government provides it for free, the crime of possession is the only one to go away. And, the outlaw pot dealers sell with impunity, as the feds will generally not prosecute dealers in a ‘legal pot’ state. A slippery slope, domino effect - whatever you want to call it.
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One benefit of ‘legal’ marijuana is reduced deaths by tainted products. Also frees up police to do more serious work, empties prisons/jails of non-violent offenders, reduced judges having to deal with petty possession cases, and reduces overall societal costs.
 
I’m not sure I agree with the archbishops. (Is that all right?) While buying a selling drugs to get high is a mortal sin, I think the War on Drugs has been so ruinous that we should decriminalize everything.
 
SyroMalankara said:
One benefit of ‘legal’ marijuana is reduced deaths by tainted products. Also frees up police to do more serious work, empties prisons/jails of non-violent offenders, reduced judges having to deal with petty possession cases, and reduces overall societal costs.
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And encourages everybody to use drugs.

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How so? Alcohol legalization hasnt encouraged “everyone”. Both my parents have never had a drink in their lives. Legal smoking hasnt encouraged everyone, neither of my parents ever smoked. I have and quit in college.
 
Uniquely, marijuana causes a 8 point reduction in IQ among young people.

And that is the “OLD” version of marijuana. Too soon to determine how bad the newer “species” of marijuana are.

Liquor and tobacco have other bad effects. But they take longer to kick in.

Marijuana has other bad effects as well.

[There is a reason why they call it dope.]
 
In my opinion, marijuana is a false god. It gives the user a false sense of peace, fulfillment, and perhaps ecstasy which is especially attractive — and destructive — to teens and young adults searching for meaning and purpose in their lives. It’s a chemical substitute for God.

Good people of faith should campaign and vote against these state-level initiatives, and should do all they can to discourage our youth from using marijuana and other drugs.
 
The money was given to the church for charity work, not political action, it should be used that way. This situation comes close to graying the lines on separation of church and state.
 
Why is the Catholic Church giving money to fight a political issue? Surely a donation of this money to a group who feeds the poor would be much better way for this money to be used.
 
SyroMalankara said:
Not sure what drug abuse, legalizing marijuana under regulations, HIV/AIDS and charity have to do with each other
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drug abuse of any kind leads to addiction, which leads to decay of morality. Durg users usually are not the pillars of society, not are they typically good parents, faithful Christians. The drugs are a one way ticket to hell. The Church is a witness of Christs message in this world. That is why they fight against all evil, including drug abuse.
 
po18guy said:
Legalization is a red herring. We did that in Washington State. Turns out that people are still robbed and murdered for pot. Unless the government provides it for free, the crime of possession is the only one to go away. And, the outlaw pot dealers sell with impunity, as the feds will generally not prosecute dealers in a ‘legal pot’ state. A slippery slope, domino effect - whatever you want to call it.
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Big difference between legalizing in a few states versus nationwide legalization, of course there will still be problems if its only legal here and there. For all the cartel violence and other problems to go away, it needs to legal everywhere.

Portugal is a great example of what happens when drugs are made legal.
 
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