Pope Francis opposes legalizing drugs for recreational use, calling it "a veiled means of surrendering to the phenomenon" of drug use and addiction.

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He wasn't quite naysaying recreational drug use outright. He was criticising legalisation and decriminalisation as tactics for countering organised crime or preventing/healing addiction and its consequences.

http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=all&dl=188f153a-5666-cc4d-b06e-53a435b8f316&dl_t=text/xml&dl_a=y&ul=1&ev=1 is the most current english primary source I think.


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