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The Church of the Eagle and the Condor has affirmed the precise of its members to make use of ayahuasca for non secular ceremonial functions.
An Arizona church has reached a settlement in a lawsuit towards the US Drug Enforcement Administration and different federal businesses that enables indigenous non secular organizations to make use of ayahuasca for sacramental functions. Underneath the settlement, the Church of the Eagle and the Condor (CEC) might be allowed to import, put together and distribute ayahuasca to its members in non secular ceremonies.
“The Church of the Eagle and the Condor has reached an settlement to make sure its non secular freedom and the precise to make use of Ayahuasca as its sacrament,” the church wrote in an announcement of the institution. “That is the primary indigenous church to obtain recognition and safety.”
In 2022, the CEC filed a lawsuit towards the US Division of Justice, the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), Customs and Border Safety, and the DEA after officers from the DHS seized shipments of ayahuasca supposed for sacramental use by church members. The lawsuit additionally cited authorities threats that the church and its members might face prosecution beneath federal drug costs in the event that they proceed to import ayahuasca, which comprises the psychedelic drug and the Schedule I managed substance DMT (N , N-Dimethyltryptamine).
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Arizona Church Reaches Settlement with DEA to Permit Sacramental Use of Ayahuasca
