Catholics and pot: Denver archbishop speaks out against marijuana use, U.S. drug culture

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CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver on Friday released a pastoral letter on the Church’s teaching on recreational drugs, with a particular focus on marijuana, aiming to “help Ca…
Secondly, Aquila said, anything that diminishes mans use of reason and will assails his dignity as a human person and is therefore harmful.
[D]rugs diminish our self-possession by harming the very f…