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Pope Francis on Friday condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment. The pope, speaking to participants at a drug enforcement conference in Rome, said that even limited steps to legalize recreational drugs “are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.” Providing addicts with drugs offered only “a veiled means of surrendering to the phenomenon,” Francis said. But he said the problems underlying drug use must be addressed, including inequality and the lack of opportunities for young people. Pope Francis on Friday condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a failed experiment. The pope, speaking to participants at a drug enforcement conference in Rome, said that even limited steps to legalize recreational drugs “are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.” But he said the problems underlying drug use must be addressed, including inequality and the lack of opportunities for young people.