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LDS Church releases new memo warning of legal risks from medical marijuana initiative

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has once again released an analysis on the risks and ramification of Utah’s Proposition 2, which seeks to legalize medical marijuana in the state through a public vote.

A 9-page memorandum, produced by the Salt Lake City law firm Kirton McConkie, was made available to the media on Monday. It is written in response to a rebuttal by Libertas Institute to an earlier medical marijuana analysis produced by the firm for the church.

“Whether those problems and risks are worth it — or whether the Marijuana Initiative is a slippery slope to full legalization — is a policy question for voters to decide,” the new memorandum states.