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The Extraordinary Case of the United States Versus the União do Vegetal Church


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Abstract

The outcome of this extraordinary, historic case, widely viewed as the most significant Supreme Court ruling to date on the thirteen-year-old Religious Freedom Restoration Act (which places a very high burden on the government in seeking to restrict religious observance) does not, of course, sanction shamanic plant use outside of the specific confines of UDV religious practice. However, it is clearly of enormous significance for anyone with a deep respect for the potential “entheogenic” properties of certain plants with a long history of sacred use.