Marijuana is addicting and psychologically dangerous and no one with any yiras Shamayim should touch it (and anyone who, R”L does use it should be given a lot of loving help to stop, and a lot of tefilos). ???? ????? ??? ??????? ?? ???? ?????. The question is whether, given its widespread availability now, the advantages of decriminalizing it in terms of lowering the amount of secondary criminal activity (theft by users to support their habits and violence among competitive dealers etc.) outweigh the consequences of making it more easily available. I’m sure this has been extensively studied, and I’m sure those studies will be carefully taken into account by gedolei poskim who look into the question, and I suspect that their opinions will carry a lot of weight in Shamayim in deciding whether to let the government legalize it. Let’s daven that the right decisions are made to make society into a safer and healthier place.
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