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Religious communities consider how much faith to put in marijuana

Clergy and activists argue that religious communities have a role in the cannabis debate, even if their perspectives conflict.

Participants at a conference on "the intersection of faith and cannabis" on the dais at Rodeph Shalom. Standing, from left: PA State Sens. Daylin Leach and Sharif Street, and Rabbi Eli Freedman of Congregation Rodeph Shalom. Seated, from left: Chanda Macias, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Washington, D.C.; Rev. Greg Holston, executive director of POWER; and Rev. Kirk Berlenbach of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.
Participants at a conference on "the intersection of faith and cannabis" on the dais at Rodeph Shalom. Standing, from left: PA State Sens. Daylin Leach and Sharif Street, and Rabbi Eli Freedman of Congregation Rodeph Shalom. Seated, from left: Chanda Macias, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Washington, D.C.; Rev. Greg Holston, executive director of POWER; and Rev. Kirk Berlenbach of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer