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This is a multi-layered answer. Firstly, the Catholic Church seeks to support the laws of the countries in which it operates, providing of course that they are not contrary to proper Faith and Morals. Most countries are very strict on the regulation of drugs and Catholics must obey the laws accordingly regarding their possession, distribution and use. Strictly speaking, outside of civil law, drugs in themselves are amoral. What makes them sinful is their ability to impair reason and cloud judgment as well as be detrimental to the body. A drug that causes unconsciousness or impairments can be taken as medicine or anesthetic when appropriate (proper place, supervision, necessity to prevent or halt illness or facilitate surgery). Regarding recreational use, again, a drug can be taken in careful amounts so as to not suspend reason or judgment or cause harm. Alcohol is classified as a drug and Catholics may certainly partake of it to a point, usually when one is beginning to feel a buzz it is an indication to stop or radically slow down one's consumption. Regarding other substances more commonly regarded as "drugs", these are usually so addictive and powerful as to be impossible to sample without falling into sin. Because of this, most drugs should not be touched in the first place and indeed, most are classified as illegal anyway by civil law in most countries.

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