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Bible Question (short): What does the Bible say about marijuana?

Question (full): What does the Bible say about using marijuana?

An acquaintance of mine says she needs help in providing an answer for a Christian friend to the above question. I would sincerely appreciate input to this question from any and all of you who wish to respond. Actually there are two questions. Feel free to answer either or both questions. Bear in mind the focus of these questions is one specific drug -- marijuana. (Normally I would not write such a lengthy question. However, I believe that after you've read this post, you will appreciate why I had to go into such detail to give the background of the second question.)

1) Can you provide Scriptural evidence to show that using marijuana is a sin?

Second Question. In a recent discussion with her, my acquaintance says of her friend:

- She is a Christian.

- She is filled with the Holy Spirit. (...let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. Ephesians 5:18 New Living Translation)

- She is walking in the Spirit (But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God) Galatians 5:16 The Amplified Bible)

- That the Word of Christ dwells in her (Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness Colossians 3:16
The Amplified Bible)

- She is fully surrendered to the Lord.

The implication here is that her friend is abiding in Christ. ("To abide in Christ is, on the one hand, to have no known sin unjudged and unconfessed, no interest into which He is not brought, no life which He cannot share. On the other hand, the abiding one takes all burdens to Him, and draws all wisdom, life, and strength from Him. It is not unceasing consciousness of these things, and of Him, but that nothing is allowed in the life which separates from Him." (note at John 15:4, New Scofield Reference Bible, 1967, Oxford University Press)

Now here is the second question:

2) Do the above characteristics describe someone who is using marijuana? Is it likely that the above definition of abiding in Christ fits someone who is using marijuana?

Grace to you,
Kalos

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