[DBrow]

I never tried hosaca and don't need to. These people, if I understand correctly, feel that God gave them the plants and God helps them communicate with Him through using the plants. If I had grown up in that culture, I probably would accept it as I now accept transmogrification and Communion wine.

These guys are not party animals; their use of the stuff is in a limited, specific, narrow way that I don't think crosses the line into "getting high" or "abuse". They use it as a sacrament and an adjunct to understanding trancendant issues. I can't see making them change their established religious practices to stay out of jail and keep their property (or be forced to leave the USA, because God showed them a particular way to worship).

We probably won't see eye to eye on this, Coleus, but that's OK, it's a big world (and thank God for Free Republic, where we can discuss stuff like this).

[Coleus]

Yep, that's what the fr is all about except when you post anit-illegal immigration activism, then you are put in the Smokey back room as punishment and threatened to have your fr account suspended by freepmail. go figure.

[muawiyah]

http://www.idecefyn.com.ar/mmcv01/01.pdf reviews the use of the active drug in this so-called "tea" and finds that it appears to induce schizophrenia in its users.

Must be what Dr. Dean was in to during the campaign.