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===Opposition to drugs=== {{Further|Woman's Christian Temperance Union|List of anti-cannabis organizations}} The Christian right has historically supported the [[temperance movement]], thus supporting causes such as maintaining [[blue laws|Sunday blue laws]], adding [[alcohol packaging warning messages]] to bottles and limiting alcohol advertising.<ref name="RozellGreenJelenWilcox2003">{{cite book |last1=Rozell |first1=Mark J. |last2=Green |first2=John Clifford |last3=Jelen |first3=Ted G. |last4=Rozell |first4=Mark J. |last5=Wilcox |first5=Clyde |title=The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millennium |date=2003 |publisher=[[Georgetown University Press]] |isbn=978-0-87840-393-6 |page=258 |language=en|quote=The temperance movement is the clearly identifiable origin of the contemporary Christian Right in Maine. The Maine Christian Civic League (MCCL)βthe principal Christian Right group in the state began as a temperance organization in}}</ref> It has advocated for the [[prohibition of drugs]] and has opposed efforts to legalize marijuana.<ref name="Rainey2013">{{cite web |last1=Rainey |first1=Clint |title=Is the Religious Right's Powerful Opposition to Drugs Finally Fading? |url=https://slate.com/technology/2013/01/colorado-drug-legalization-and-evangelicals-why-didnt-religious-right-fight-marijuana-amendment.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=October 6, 2020 |language=en |date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> However, the Roman Catholic Church in Canada is in support of [[medical marijuana]] for therapeutic reasons.<ref> https://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BC-and-Yukon-Bishops-Statement-on-the-Legalization-of-Marijuana-in-Canada-3.pdf</ref>
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