Did anybody else notice that the Chief Justice
in Gonzales acknowledged that Smith overturned Sherbert, notwithstanding
Justice Scalia’s’ claim in Smith that the court had never held that
burdens on religious practice need compelling justification? From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Laycock The government spent a year preparing for
the preliminary injunction hearing. The hearing itself lasted nine
days. The judge spent a year digesting the evidence and writing the
opinion. This was, in all but name, a full trial. If there any
evidence that religious use of this drug is dangerous in the quantities and the
settings used by UDV, the government had every opportunity to provide that
evidence. There was in fact no evidence of the
kinds of effects Bobby associates with LSD, in part because of the quantity of
DMT naturally occurring in the leaves used to brew the tea is apparently very
small, in part because the effects of the drug are responsive to setting, mood,
and expectations, and religious use is not the same as party use. There
were studies in Douglas Laycock University of 512-232-1341 512-471-6988 (fax) From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated
2/23/2006 2:04:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If
hoasca contains DMT, it is an extremely dangerous drug, potentially more
powerful than LSD. The dissociation and hallucinations it causes cannot
only be acutely terrifying but lingering effects might continue some hours
after the "trip" is over. I shudder to think the effects it
might have on children. The effects of a sip or two of wine isn't in the same
ball park as the effects of psychotropic drugs. Bobby |
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