Justices OK use of hallucinogenic tea: No "compelling interest" for limiting religious freedom
In a case related to religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously sided with members of a small New Mexico sect in their bid to use hallucinogenic tea in religious rituals.
Chief Justice John Roberts, in his first such case, said the sect’s right to religious expression and practice supersedes federal drug control laws that were used to confiscate the tea, known as hoasca.