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CNN: Pope Francis says he opposes making recreational drugs legal
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/justice/pope-francis-legalized-drugs/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/justice/pope-francis-legalized-drugs/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
"Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise," he told participants at the International Drug Enforcement Conference in Rome.
The Pope's call isn't shocking. Francis has spoken of the dangers of drug use before.
But it lends his voice and the authority of the Catholic Church to the growing worldwide debate over legalizing or at least decriminalizing some recreational drugs, most notably marijuana.
But Francis said such policies are "not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects."