Hallucinogens Research Paper

Hallucinogenic substances are among the oldest drugs which form in mushrooms, cacti and a variety of plants. Hallucinogens are used worldwide in medicine, religion, and recreation. In most countries today hallucinogens are illegal and punishment can be in forms of fines, imprisonment or death. In some countries the use of hallucinogens are legal to religious uses. Most hallucinogens are illegal in most Western countries. There have been many laws put in effect to stop the use of drugs in religious orders but there have been cases that were determined that those laws infringed on the persons first and fourteenth amendment.

The Native American Church was introduced to North American tribes in the 1880’s and then to Oklahoma by 1918
Laws banning Peyote were enacted in 11 southwestern states. In 1960, Arizona Judge Yale McFate, ruled that Native Americans were allowed to use peyote under the first and fourteenth amendments.

Section 1307.31 of the federal code states that The Native American Church members are exempt from criminal penalties for religious use of peyote. Members who manufacture or distribute peyote are required to obtain registration annually.

Marcus Garvey started the Rastafari Movement which began in the 1920’s. Garvey believed that blacks should move back to Africa, their home. In 1930 Garvey said that someone would be crowned King in Africa and Emperor Haile Selassie I was crowned King in Ethiopia. This marked the beginning for the Rastafari
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