The Associated Press
Pope Francis is has come out strongly against the legalization of recreational drugs, lending his voice to the debate, which is raging from the U.S. to Uruguay and beyond.
Francis told members of a drug enforcement conference meeting in Rome on Friday that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs “are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.”
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