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Benzinga
Benzinga
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Lara Goldstein

Psychedelic Drugs As A Religious Right: New Lawsuit Relaunches The Debate

The Zide Door Church of entheogenic plants in Oakland, California, is suing the city and its security department over a police raid that allegedly constituted a violation of religious and constitutional freedom.

In California, recreational marijuana has been state-wide legal to consume and sell with a license since 2016. In Oakland, commissioners voted for the decriminalization of a list of hallucinogenic products including psilocybin mushrooms in 2019. The difference is, these substances’ sale is currently still illegal.

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