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    face=Calibri>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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    face=Calibri>Was speaking to a non-relig. co-worker who asked if Halacha 
    forbids smoking marijuana?<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR 
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    face=Calibri>Can anyone share sources? 
    Answers?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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    face=Calibri>thank you,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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    size=3><SPAN class=045442112-19082008>In addition to Iggrot see Piskei Din - 
    Yerushalayim dinei mamanot ubrurei yuchsin zayin - peh samech daled bamud 
    537 which holds that it is in the rabbinic category of "hergel ldvar aveira 
    vkalut rosh" (me- like alcohol, too much tv??)<BR><BR>KT<BR>Joel 
    Rich</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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