Warning bishops’ controversial addiction strategy risks minimising abuse of drugs

Warning bishops’ controversial addiction strategy risks minimising abuse of drugs

EXCLUSIVE A former drug addict-turned-counsellor, who was chosen to share with Pope Francis the devastating effects of addiction on his life, has warned that Church leaders are wrong to back the decriminalisation of drugs. The bishops’ support for decriminalising a person found to possess illegal drugs for personal use has been criticised as “minimising drug…

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