LucidSDreamr
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This might go along the lines of legal questions, which i know isn't allowed. But is much more general and not asking for legal advice so I will ask and please let me know if its out of line.
We know that in the US the use of psychedelics is allowed for religious reasons. ie the native amerians/peyote. And the Santo Daime church usuing Aya (apparently not limited to just natives....anyone can join this "church" from what I understand and legally take a schedule 1 drug in america).
So believing in magic and fairytales and magic spirits an entities in the sky/universe is a good reason for psychedelic use according to the regultory agencies, but intellecual expansion, self work/therapy, couples therapy, using it as a problems solving tool in art or science (plenty of successful examples in history) and social acceleration (ie not being piss drunk fist fighting at a bar and searching for vulnerable women to trick into coming home...instead gathering with friends and discussing your lives, how to improve them and how to sayve the world....are not valid reasons or uses)....but praying to spirits in the sky....thats is valid legal use in this country.
Sorry for the rant but here is the main question with these things considerd:
Since psychs cannot be used for their main purposes, if they are proposed to be use for religious purposes is there any chance?
now that legal precedent has been set already (albeit small) for the legal use of psychs under "religious" reasons....whats to stop people (organized, well funded groups) from creating religions based upon other psychedlic drugs and getting their use legalized for those individuals thatt have joined the relgion or become part of the group?
have there been additional efforts in this area which I have not heard of? I see alot of medical/psychiatry research going on these days to legitimize the scientific use of these tools....but what about the religious loophole?
We know that in the US the use of psychedelics is allowed for religious reasons. ie the native amerians/peyote. And the Santo Daime church usuing Aya (apparently not limited to just natives....anyone can join this "church" from what I understand and legally take a schedule 1 drug in america).
So believing in magic and fairytales and magic spirits an entities in the sky/universe is a good reason for psychedelic use according to the regultory agencies, but intellecual expansion, self work/therapy, couples therapy, using it as a problems solving tool in art or science (plenty of successful examples in history) and social acceleration (ie not being piss drunk fist fighting at a bar and searching for vulnerable women to trick into coming home...instead gathering with friends and discussing your lives, how to improve them and how to sayve the world....are not valid reasons or uses)....but praying to spirits in the sky....thats is valid legal use in this country.
Sorry for the rant but here is the main question with these things considerd:
Since psychs cannot be used for their main purposes, if they are proposed to be use for religious purposes is there any chance?
now that legal precedent has been set already (albeit small) for the legal use of psychs under "religious" reasons....whats to stop people (organized, well funded groups) from creating religions based upon other psychedlic drugs and getting their use legalized for those individuals thatt have joined the relgion or become part of the group?
have there been additional efforts in this area which I have not heard of? I see alot of medical/psychiatry research going on these days to legitimize the scientific use of these tools....but what about the religious loophole?