 | John R. Wunder - 1996 - 392 lapas
...marijuana.t66 Therefore, it is a safe assumption that peyote distribution for use in religious rituals has "nothing to do with the vast and violent traffic in illegal narcotics that plagues this country."t84 Unlike alcohol and other drugs, peyote does not endanger the public when consumed in accordance... | |
 | John W. Johnson - 2001 - 536 lapas
...as a distasteful, hardly addictive drug, the religious use of which was not even remotely related to "the vast and violent traffic in illegal narcotics that plagues this country," Blackmun also termed "purely speculative" the state's concern that recognition of the peyote exemption... | |
 | 2002 - 484 lapas
...harm, also that "Peyote simply is not a popular drug, its distribution for uses in religious rituals has nothing to do with the vast and violent traffic in illegal narcotics that plagues this country." The Court's decision, and especially the majority opinion, stunned civil libertarians, religious leaders,... | |
 | Louis Fisher - 2003 - 94 lapas
...vitality of Indian communities."61 DEA officials testified that the religious use of peyote by Indians had nothing to do with the vast and violent traffic in illegal narcotics in the United States. The DEA was also unaware of the diversion of peyote to any illicit market.69... | |
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Peyote simply is not a popular drug; its distribution for use in religious rituals has nothing to do with the vast and violent traffic in illegal narcotics that plagues this country. Finally, the State argues that granting an exception for religious peyote... 