Pubdate: Wed, 02 Jan 2013
Source: Dominican Today (Dominican Republic)
Copyright: 2013 Dominican Today
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Author: E. Molina

PROMINENT PREACHER ASKS THE AUTHORITIES TO LEGALIZE DRUGS

Santo Domingo.- Prominent evangelical preacher Ezequier Molina on
Tuesday called on the authorities to legalize drug use, as has been
done with other vices, such as alcohol and tobacco.

"What happens is that it's a matter of supply and demand, if
legalized, the price comes down and the business goes bankrupt. It's
the hypocrisy and lies with which they are cheating us," the preacher
said, noting that drug trafficking has all the economic power to
operate with sophisticated methods.

In his New Year's sermon before thousands of worshippers held in the
Olympic Center, Molina also cited public corruption, drug trafficking,
the crisis of values and identity in youth, family and society and
the damage to the environment as the country's major ills.
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