California Blacks Split Over Marijuana Measure
(New York Times) — Ron Allen says he knows all too well the ravages of drug addiction. “I was a pastor on crack cocaine, sir,” said Mr. Allen, who says he has been sober for 11 years and now identifies himself as the bishop of the International Faith Based Coalition here. “Drugs have no religious preference.” And while crack cocaine laid him low, Mr. Allen says his first drug of choice was marijuana.
