Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsThe History of the Federal Peyote ExemptionWhile there was no general discussion of the roles that some of the prohibited entheogens played in ancient and modern religions, a…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsThe Federal Control of EntheogensThe first federal law to comprehensively regulate entheogens was enacted in July 1965, and went into effect on February 1, 1966.1 The law…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsThe “Psychedelic Sixties” & Early Seventies (1967–1975)As we have seen, the early US entheogen legal cases were all state or tribal cases. This is because up until 1970, the federal government…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsState v. Bullard (1966)In 1966, the same year that the Mitchell case was decided in California, an entheogen case reached the Supreme Court of North Carolina.1…Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsPeople v. Mitchell (1966)Less than two years after the California Supreme Court decided Woody and Grady, another entheogen case was decided in California, this…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsThe WriterReligious Convictions was written and abandoned by Richard Glen BoireNov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsIn re GradyOn August 24, 1964, the same day that the California Supreme Court issued its decision in the Woody case, it also issued an opinion in…Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsNative American Church v. Navajo Tribal Council (1959)For roughly four decades following the Big Sheep decision, the latent conflict between certain drug prohibition laws and the religious…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsPeople v. Woody (1964)On the evening of April 28, 1962, a group of Navajo members of the Native American Church of California gathered in the desert near…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Richard Glen BoireinReligious ConvictionsThe Early Entheogen Cases (1926–1964)State v. Big SheepOct 9, 2020Oct 9, 2020
