Benjamin Knoll,Religion News Service
This fall Utah voters will go the polls to vote on Proposition 2 which, whether passed, and would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Public opinion polls note the degree to be popular with Utah voters,despite opposition from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which wields considerable influence in Utah's social and political culture.
While formally opposing the ballot initiative, and the Church has recently announced that it does not formally thing to the spend of marijuana in select medical cases per se. It has asked the Utah State legislature to legalize medical marijuana...
Source: realclearreligion.org