Showing posts with label Drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drugs. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

GAO Says DEA Should Improve Its Process for Granting Religious Exemptions for Psilocybin Use

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Last Week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released  an 80-page Report to Congressional Committees ( full text ) titled DEA Shoul...
Saturday, April 06, 2024

Religiously Motivated Aid for Drug Abusers Not Protected by RFRA or 1st Amendment

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In United States v. Safehouse ,  (ED PA, April 3, 2024), a Pennsylvania federal district court held that neither the Religious Freedom Resto...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

D.C. Circuit Hears Arguments on Tax Exempt Status of Church Promoting Religious Use of Psychedelic Drug

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The U.S. court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday heard oral arguments in Iowaska Church of Healing v. Werfel ( audio of full oral ar...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

11th Circuit: Appeal of DEA's Denial of Religious Exemption to Controlled Substances Act Must Be in Circuit Court

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In Soul Quest Chruch of Mother Earth, Inc. v. Attorney General ,  (11th Cir., Dec. 18, 2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

5th Circuit Says FDA Improperly Reduced Abortion Pill Restrictions, But Prior Supreme Court Order Keeps FDA Rules In Effect During Appeals

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In Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration ,  (5th Cir., Aug. 16, 2023), the U.S. 5th circuit Court of Appe...
Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Defendant's Beliefs About Psilocybin Were Personal, Not Religious

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In State of Ohio v. Sobel ,  (OH App., June 30, 2023), an Ohio appellate court rejected appellant's claim that his sentence for drug pos...
Wednesday, April 05, 2023

IRS Correctly Denied Non-Profit Ruling to Church That Promoted Use of Ayahuasca

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In Iowaska Church of Healing v. United States , (D DC, March 31, 2023), the D.C. federal district court upheld the IRS's refusal to gran...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

New Hampshire Supreme Court Says State Constitution Requires Strict Scrutiny of Free Exercise Infringements

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In State of New Hampshire v. Mack , (NH Sup. Ct., Dec.  22, 2020), the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that the state Constitution's el...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

8th Circuit Rejects RFRA Defense To Heroin Distribution Charges

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In United States v. Anderson ,  (8th Cir., April 28, 2017), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Timothy Anderson's claim that...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Marijuana DUI Law Does Not Injure Religious User of Cannabis

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In Baker v. State of Colorado ,  (D CO, Feb. 18, 2014), a Colorado federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendation (Feb. 7...