Legal Opinion
O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2003No. 02-2323PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN C. PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge.
John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, et al., appeal an order in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico preliminarily enjoining the government from prohibiting or penalizing the sacramental use of hoasca, a substance containing dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a drug listed in Section I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. §§ 801-904, by O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal, a small religious organization. We affirm.
Uniao do Vegetal, President of the Un-iao do Vegetal’s United States chapter…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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