Pope, in Brazil, speaks out against liberalization of drug use

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By Philip Pullella RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Pope Francis took an unequivocal stand on Wednesday against legalization as a means to fight drug addiction and criticized the trend in Latin America to decriminalize narcotics. In his first public address on the issue, the new pontiff said during visit to a Rio de Janeiro hospital run by Franciscan monks that education was the way to end drug use …
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