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Earlier this month President Joe Biden issued an executive order granting pardons for all federal marijuana possession convictions.
On Nov. 8 voters in five states — Arkansas,Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota — will decide on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use.
Catholic bishops in several of those states have urged voters to reject ballot measures that would legalize marijuana, citing the Church’s teaching on the physical and spiritual harms of drug use, as well as the adverse effects of drugs on society and the family.
Marijuana, which remains illegal at the federal level, has been legalized in 19 states and the District of Columbia over the past decade. Earlier this month President Joe Biden issued an executive order granting pardons for all federal marijuana possession convictions.
In Missouri, the state’s Catholic bishops issued a joint statement urging voters to reject the proposal known as Amendment 3, which needs a simple majority to pass. The amendment would “remove state prohibitions on the purchase, possession, consumption, use, delivery, manufacture and sale of marijuana for personal use for adults over the age of 21.” The state legalized marijuana for medical use in 2018.
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Marijuana Legalization Is on the Ballot in 5 States: What Should Catholics Think?
On Nov. 8 voters in five states — Arkansas,Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota — will decide on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use.
Catholic bishops in several of those states have urged voters to reject ballot measures that would legalize marijuana, citing the Church’s teaching on the physical and spiritual harms of drug use, as well as the adverse effects of drugs on society and the family.
Marijuana, which remains illegal at the federal level, has been legalized in 19 states and the District of Columbia over the past decade. Earlier this month President Joe Biden issued an executive order granting pardons for all federal marijuana possession convictions.
In Missouri, the state’s Catholic bishops issued a joint statement urging voters to reject the proposal known as Amendment 3, which needs a simple majority to pass. The amendment would “remove state prohibitions on the purchase, possession, consumption, use, delivery, manufacture and sale of marijuana for personal use for adults over the age of 21.” The state legalized marijuana for medical use in 2018.
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Marijuana Legalization Is on the Ballot in 5 States: What Should Catholics Think?
