Religious Freedom and Indian Rights: The Case of Oregon v. Smith

Harring, Sidney L.; Long, Carolyn N.

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“…Claiming wrongful termination, they filed for unemployment compensation with the Oregon Department of Human Resources, a request the Department declined. Smith and Black sued the state of Oregon, resulting in the case Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith , a case that appeared before the United States Supreme Court in 1989 (see Epps, 2012; Long, 2000). While a comprehensive analysis of this case is beyond the scope of this paper, in April 1990, the court concluded that Smith and Black were not entitled to employment compensation since they violated a generally applicable law; that is, a law that applies to all Americans and that therefore inadvertently impacts religion.…”

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Entheogens: Psychedelic religion in the United States, part one

Stoddard

2023

Religion Compass

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Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic religion is a major component of the PR, as psychedelic churches are growing exponentially and as people who consume and who research psychedelics routinely contend that these substances induce or occasion religious, spiritual, or mystical experiences. Scholars have noticed the growing association of psychoactive substances and religiosity, and they have addressed this association from a variety of academic fields, methods, and methodologies. This article explores the historiography of associations of psychoactive substances and religiosity in the United States from the 1800s to the 1980s.

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Entheogens: Psychedelic religion in the United States, part one

Stoddard

2023

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“…Paired with clinical research, they should inform current policy questions around the implementation of equitable access to PAT. These cultural and legal histories are heterogenous, including psilocybin (30, 31), peyote (32)(33)(34), and ayahuasca (35), evolving in post-colonial communities sometimes in response to social disease and oppression (36) and the prevalent demands for mental health and addiction care (37)(38)(39). As the legality of PAT evolves, we should protect as such "sincere" new groups that adhere to the faith in human interdependency, cemented by the sacrament of intentional group psychedelic use.…”

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Lifeboat ethics, risk, and therapeutic opportunity: an appeal for equitable psychedelic therapy access in the “high-risk” addiction patient

Black

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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Psychedelic-assisted treatment (PAT) for mental health is in renaissance. Psilocybin and MDMA stand near FDA approval, and US cities and states are decriminalizing or regulating the non-clinical use of psilocybin. However, neither FDA indications nor a regulated use model sufficiently address the complex needs and opportunities for an improved treatment of addiction. When paired with disability and social dispossession, addiction increasingly burdens informal care networks, public safety, and particularly healthcare systems. Stigma and mistreatment alienate people from opportunities for care and multiply the costs of providing care. This dynamic worsens socially determined resource limitations, enforcing stark ethical choices and perpetuating socioeconomic inequities, isolation, mental illness, medical illness, overdose, suicide, and violence. In order for psychedelic treatments to achieve their greatest utility to population health, we must intentionally develop regulatory, clinical, and payment systems supporting clinical research, rigorous safety monitoring, and implementation to address these immense needs and reduce the barriers to engagement for those who now bear the costs, including those who work at the front lines of addiction care. To achieve full fruition, I advocate for a collaborative approach, built from within networks of mutual social support but linked and accountable to public institutions charged with the equitable dissemination of these therapies for the greatest social and health equities. Rather than relegating PAT to the needs of the commercially insured or wellness markets, this is the moment to learn from ancient traditions of ritualized sacramental use, organized around faith in our mutual dependency and accountability, and to capture an opportunity to improve population health and equity. To miss this opportunity is to accept the status quo in the midst of a growing emergency, for lack of moral vision and intention to change our habits.

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Religious Freedom and Indian Rights: The Case of Oregon v. Smith

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Entheogens: Psychedelic religion in the United States, part one

Entheogens: Psychedelic religion in the United States, part one

Lifeboat ethics, risk, and therapeutic opportunity: an appeal for equitable psychedelic therapy access in the “high-risk” addiction patient

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