Ayahuasca protected under US religious freedom law

21 February 2006. Legal.

Court decision or statute. Identified by citation and official opinion text.

The Supreme Court upholds a preliminary injunction allowing the União do Vegetal to use its DMT-containing ayahuasca tea in worship, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The decision concerns religious exemption. It does not create a research pathway.

Place: Washington, D.C., United States

Tags: law, ayahuasca, religious-use, policy

The source

Title: Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006)
Year: 2006
Citation: Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006). Decided February 21, 2006. Docket 04-1084.

Read the source at https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/05pdf/04-1084.pdf

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