“So having a drink and of alcohol or a hit on a joint damns you?”
Immoderate behavior highly endangers your soul, for it tends to distract from your mission in life (after all, that is the definition of immoderate), which is to defeat the grip of one’s original sin (when born into the world with which we are all afflicted) and actual sin (which we all tend toward) and to ultimately reach heaven.
That is not to say all consuming of mind altering substances is immoderate. Having a drink and enjoying some of its effects are not inherently evil. Drunkenness is.
Thank you for such a thoughtful reply. I agree with you and add that immorality should not be weaponized the state. I believe drunkenness or high is a sin but I do not believe it should be illegal. However being drunk or high can lead to much more immorality and if it results in criminal acts they should be prosecuted. Perhaps the use of alcohol or drugs should be a sentence enhancement like gun use during a crime.