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Mormons shouldn't smoke pot. Mormons with hukas? If a mormon uses pot they should bake with it. I can picture a stereotypical mormon enjoying a batch of grammies best marijuana brownies while playing a frickin bad A round of Mormonopoly.

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Legality has nothing to do with it. The word of wisdom is defined as disallowing coffee, green and black tea whether hot or cold, tobacco in any form, alcohol, and recreational drugs (that's the best way to describe it anyway). Prescription drugs are fine as long as they are used as prescribed.
 
moevillini said:
Caffeine is perfectly legal everywhere - yet isn't it against the moral code for LDS to drink caffeinated beverages?
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That's a common misconception, but actually incorrect. Coffee and tea as specifically banned in the LDS church, but not caffeinated drinks in general. Most Mormons that I know of drink caffeinated sodas, although most would also say that they should only be consumed in moderation.

But your point about the legality not being the deciding factor is a good one.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Legality has nothing to do with it. The word of wisdom is defined as disallowing coffee, green and black tea whether hot or cold, tobacco in any form, alcohol, and recreational drugs (that's the best way to describe it anyway). Prescription drugs are fine as long as they are used as prescribed.
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I agree with this, and probably most Mormons in states where marijuana is legal would be OK with their fellow Mormons using marijuana if it's prescribed by a doctor.

By the way, I thought the "recreational drugs" phrase was very good. I'm not certain that that's the phrase used by the church, but it probably should be/will be soon.
 
b_line said:
I was actually going to pose this question. I have some mormon friends who would be fine smoking pot if they lived I. Colorado. As far as I know, there is no actual rule against it. It is not expressly forbidden anywhere.
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From the church handbook of instructions:

https://www.lds.org/handbook/handbo...rch/selected-church-policies?lang=eng#21.3.11
21.3.11
Word of Wisdom

The only official interpretation of “hot drinks” (D&C 89:9) in the Word of Wisdom is the statement made by early Church leaders that the term “hot drinks” means tea and coffee.

Members should not use any substance that contains illegal drugs. Nor should members use harmful or habit-forming substances except under the care of a competent physician.
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The last sentence pretty much bans recreational marijuana, even in places where it's legal.
 
Unless you don't think weed is habit forming, which a lot of scientific minds think. I suppose it all up to how you interpret things. Both of my grandmothers drank tea. I have zero doubt they are sitting in the highest kingdom, fly fishing with my grandpas, and enjoying eternity.

In my not so humble opinion, moderation is the key to the WW.
 
E.J. Wells said:
Unless you don't think weed is habit forming, which a lot of scientific minds think.
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A quick websearch on "is marijuana habit forming" popped this up as the top link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/201012/is-marijuana-addictive.

In my opinion, the most unbiased book on this and other related topics is The Science of Marijuana (2008). The Science of Marijuana is written by Leslie L. Iverson, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Cambridge in England. In the book, he reviews decades of international research on marijuana, both laboratory research and survey research. Based on his review of the scientific literature, between 10 to 30% of regular users will develop dependency.
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It is estimated that 32% of tobacco users will become addicted, 23% of heroin users, 17% of cocaine users, and 15% of alcohol users
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So by those numbers marijuana is roughly the same addictiveness as alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. One might dispute those specific numbers, but I don't think it can be disputed that it is addictive to some extent.
 
colton said:
From the church handbook of instructions:

https://www.lds.org/handbook/handbo...rch/selected-church-policies?lang=eng#21.3.11

The last sentence pretty much bans recreational marijuana, even in places where it's legal.
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...Members should not use any substance that contains illegal drugs. Nor should members use harmful or habit-forming substances except under the care of a competent physician.
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Plenty of competent physicians on the beach in Venice, California.

:-)
 
colton said:
A quick websearch on "is marijuana habit forming" popped this up as the top link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/201012/is-marijuana-addictive.

So by those numbers marijuana is roughly the same addictiveness as alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. One might dispute those specific numbers, but I don't think it can be disputed that it is addictive to some extent.
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I don't disagree with you, but if you kept reading your google results, you'd find plenty of board certified physicians who will say otherwise. It goes back to the whole moderation thing, I suppose. When I married a Mormon chick, I had to quit smoking, drinking, weed, coffee, etc. all at once, cold turkey. The only thing I really had trouble with was coffee. I miss the taste of beer, and getting high was great, but I never felt addicted to them at all, where as I practically salivate walking down the coffee aisle at the grocery store. In fact, I usually find a reason to browse that section just so I can soak in the aroma. Freaking love it. If I decide to drink a beer with a friend at some point, I'm not going to lose any sleep over breaking the WoW. If I'm sneaking a 12 pack in every weekend while my wife is at work,then that's a different story. Moderation, justification, excuses, etc. -- it's all in how you read and interpret.
 
Ya the word if wisdom was just that, words of wisdom it was only in the early 1900s that it made its way into the temple recommend interview!!
 
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