well. I'm not sure what religion I am (see my other thread in this forum), but I do believe in a higher power.
I completely agree with you on what you said about the differece between abuse and addictio and the occasional joint.
You can smoke weed and believe in God.
ok. people are probably getting sick of me and my Ben Harper thing but he's a perfect exampe in this case! He sings about Jesus, the Lord, heaven...and just lots of gospel, but he also has a song about smoking pot. He's the kind of Christian I like: the open-minded liberal kind.
"Herb's the gift, from the earth and what's from the earth is of Jah greatest worth". The original lyrics are "the greatest worth", but live he sometimes sings "Jah". And I completely agree with him.
here's the video of the song live at Bonnarroo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLqfNwSSFE