[Avodah] Issur in smoking marijuana?

[Efpasik at aol.com]

I'd be curious to know when Rav Moshe Feinstein, ztl, wrote about marijuana.

>From about the 50s through the 70s, marijuana was more of a protest symbol, 
than a recreational drug  The protest was Vietnam, civil rights, feminism, the 
generation gap, materialism. Young people got high for a reason, especially 
those in college.  I speculate that in declaring marijuana assur, and stating 
the reasons, dina d'malchus dina was not weighing on the mind of Rav Feinstein, 
because Jews were mostly law abiding then - I would say mentchlich.

Today, there is simply no validity for anyone to smoke marijuana, other than 
for medical reasons. Its a crime.  Also, if your're caught, you'll have a 
permanent criminal record, and in these days of easy background checks, you're 
limiting yourself in getting a job.  If Rav Moshe were writing today, I speculate 
that dina d'malchus dina would be addressed.

Elliot Pasik



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