Posted on 05/10/2016 4:14:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop said he wants to smell holy incense, not cannabis, in Providence’s cathedral and warned state lawmakers against transporting young people to “the land of oblivion” by legalizing marijuana.
Bishop Thomas Tobin shared his opinions in an essay titled “Nope to Dope.” The essay was published on a diocesan website Tuesday, just hours before a hearing on a bill to legalize pot.
Tobin said he’s heard about “zombie-like” people who are “completely stoned” filling public places in Colorado, where marijuana is legal. He said young people already addicted to electronic devices and “attached to their virtual umbilical cords” would become more detached from society if the drug were legal. He said he was disturbed by a recent report of a woman smoking pot in the back of a cathedral during a morning service. …
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Too late.
Yes, it does.
Mmmmmm....oblivion.
Thank goodness the Progressives and FDR came along to correct the Founders’ oversight. That 10th Amendment needed peeing on. /s
This aint your dad’s pot. The new skunk weeds are making 15% of daily users crazy - “Cannabis Psychosis”.
Symptoms are delusions, paranoia, anxiety, hostility, and loss of motivation- something that prevails on campuses today.
Sounds more like the symptoms of modern socialism to me. Feel the Bern...
Kush
“Oblivion” is better than Obama/Hillary’s vision for America
Sean Penn, perfect example of oblivion.
“said he was disturbed by a recent report of a woman smoking pot in the back of a cathedral during a morning service. …”
Ugh. I’ve seen pictures of people smoking cigarettes in the backs of churches in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries. Let’s not start again. Wooden pews should smell of incense and lemon oil.
Wait what?
Are you high right now this second?
Because what you wrote makes no sense and is not true.
So youre another one that believes pot is “harmless”?
Ten seconds, Bob.
I’ve gotten laughed at for stating something that every botanist worth spit would agree with as fact - decades of careful, deliberate cultivation have resulted in strains of plants with increased THC because of that same selection. The stuff smoked back in the ‘60s was practically ditch weed by comparison.
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