On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:49:51 -0000,"Shaun aRe", wrote

Actually neither use is truely ancient and the Rastafarian religion is a
lot younger than the peyote cult that became the NAC. We also have legal
exception for ayahuska(sic) South American drug used in religious healing.
But we also freely traffic in San Pedro cactus used in shamanic healing
again though no official exception are written in the law but most likely a
court case would make an exception.

The peyote cults were an improvement over the ordeal drug use
of the mescal bean which were more toxic by far.

Timothy Leary tried to say his use of cannabis was covered by Hindu
religious law and gain an exemption, but he was unable to present proper
evidence for his case as the traditional use of cannabis by
Shavites(worshipppers of Shiva aka sadhus) was never codified into written
rules of conduct.

Omm boom shiva. I listened to Allan Ginsbery chant on KSAN in the
1970s. Which means more or less "praise shiva with this fine weed".

later
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