LDS General Conference Fall 2015
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b_line
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On the question of smoking pot that fish brought up: can Mormons in Colorado for example smoke pot and not break the word of wisdom? I say technically yes. But I wouldn't do it myself. I'm just not into getting high. As far as I know, though there is not a statement from the church on whether or not it is OK. I ask this question to a lot of my Mormon friends, and not one of them has agreed with me on it yet, and I absolutely understand their sentiment, but I still see a technicality that could make for some funny moments when the ward party features special brownies.
mellow
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One of the secrets to a happy life is never eat community food, including food at a ward party.
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Always eat free food
mellow
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I once thought as you do. A few ward diners where I used to live and a few hours in the ER on a fluids drip cured me of that. I will eat free community food, as long as it is individually wrapped, from a commercial kitchen and I am near the front of the line. Simply not worth the risk.
I think the church teaching is pretty clear that recreational use is NOT OK. I can probably find several church-related sources of varying degrees of doctrinality that address that. This would be a good place to start: https://www.lds.org/search?lang=eng&query=marijuana
What is much less clear is whether medical use is OK. I can't think of any church statements against that, off the top of my head. So I think you could make a pretty good case that medical use would indeed be acceptable in areas where it's also legal.
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But now your stomach is tougher and built up immunities to nasty, disease and bacteria carrying foods though right?
(This is what the anti vaccine crowd would have me believe anyway)
mellow
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I would rather eat my boogers than sister cranfields chili.
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Lol
mellow
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Has it been approved as a treatment for anxiety or stress?
I listened to some old lds talks (1960-75) where much of the warnings about the drug culture was aimed at the idea that drugs helped people have spiritual experiences. I had forgotten that was a draw in the early evolution of the drug culture, we don't hear about that much anymore.
Don't know. I guess one would have to consult a doctor. And in fact using it under a doctor's supervision would probably be important rather than self-medicating (in my mind, anyway).
Interesting. I believe that was a major point of LSD in particular, which due to the spelling could easily be mistaken for LDS. ;-) (Cueing line from Star Trek IV...)
This is one of my greatest sources of frustration about Mormon culture... I understand why recreational marijuana would be against the word of wisdom. Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's acceptable in that context. Alcohol is legal, yet still against the WoW. My beef is this: Medical marijuana. If it is being used for legitimate medical reasons, why would it still be considered taboo? Because everyone has been conditioned to believe that marijuana is inherently evil, that's why. Prozac? Sure! Xanax? Great! Naturally occurring marijuana? Ooh, I think I feel the devil in the room. We need to get over the notion that marijuana is evil. It ain't. Church members need to educate themselves instead of clinging to a terrible misconception.