Proclamation on Medical Marijuana

[_moksha]

Did everyone get the former Mormon Church's Proclamation on Medical Marijuana urging the faithful to vote against the ballot proposition allowing marijuana, for those with a limited number of medical conditions, in the upcoming Utah general election? Check your email (if you are on the Church's email list) if you have not yet received it. It will probably be reiterated by Dallin Oaks in the upcoming General Conference.

Will members really buy into thinking that it will cause reefer madness among the young and that the former Mormon Church will be required to provide such marijuana in the Temples? Well, you know the thinking has already been done for them.

At least there is an acknowledgment that this new scriptural addition was written by the law firm of Kirton McConkie.

[_The Dude]

WE DECLARE that puffing the devil's lettuce is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

[_I have a question]

Why is the Church only bothered about fighting the ratification of medicinal marijuana in Utah? It hasn’t given $0.02 about it in any other State or Country. It’s got nothing to do with the value of the Churchs’ Big Pharma stock holding, right? Or that medicinal marijuana will be seen to work more effectively than the combination of olive oil and wishful thinking? Maybe marijuana was created by God purely for the treatment of sick cattle...

[_Dr Exiled]

Why is the Church only bothered about fighting the ratification of medicinal marijuana in Utah? It hasn’t given $0.02 about it in any other State or Country. It’s got nothing to do with the value of the Churchs’ Big pharmaceutical stock holding, right? Or that medicinal marijuana will be seen to work more effectively than the combination of olive oil and wishful thinking? Maybe marijuana was created by God purely for the treatment of sick cattle...

The church has always meddled in Utah politics. At least now it is more open about it. It looks like this has a little to do with "not in my backyard" kind of mentality. The old geezers in charge probably grew up with parents shocked and afraid of reefer madness and aren't thinking this through. Cocaine is used in medicine and medical marijuana is a good pain reliever and has other medicinal uses like seizure prevention. It seems that allowing it for medical use should be encouraged if it will lessen opiate abuse. Even so, in the 1950's it wasn't used and there is the slippery slope argument or camel's nose in the tent ..... the old church geezers are probably still shocked by the 1960's and 1970's and don't want hippies parading in temple square. Marijuana seemed to always be a symbol of rebellion against parents and parental organizations and the geezers can't have any of that or any possibility of that.

In other news, BYU productions is hard at work on a remake of father knows best, and father was definitely against medical marijuana

[_Sanctorian]

If this law passes, it will be one of the greatest signals the church is losing influence over Utah politics.

[_reflexzero]

Well the last time they kicked up a big stink about something being legalized, same sex marriage became legal across the entire country.

I guess they didn’t learn.