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Can Magic Mushrooms Bring You Closer to God? One Church Says Yes

August 11th, 2023

The Church of Ambrosia, based out of California, consumes psychedelic mushrooms as sacrament, arguing the trip is nothing less than a spiritual experience, and they say police are infringing on their religious freedom.

Progressive Spirituality 70 Comments

Burn After Reading: History of the Marijuana Tax Act

July 31st, 2023

August 2nd is the 86th anniversary of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which made recreational marijuana use and sale all but illegal in the United States. Almost a century later, what is the legacy of that legislation?

Political & Religious Controversy 97 Comments

Meet the "Weed Nuns," a Religious Order Finding Spirituality in Smoke

January 23rd, 2023

The Sisters of the Valley aren't your average order of nuns. This small convent of weed smoking nuns hopes to bring the physical and spiritual healing power of marijuana to the masses.

Political & Religious Controversy 92 Comments

Higher Power? How Faith Groups Wield the Bible Against Legal Cannabis

January 13th, 2023

A Christian thinktank is writing the playbook on opposing marijuana legalization. In Arkansas, lobbyists enlisted local pastors to spread the word, and even prepared a brief explaining the biblical case against weed.

Political & Religious Controversy 122 Comments

Does Getting High Bring Us Closer to God? One Pastor Thinks So

April 1st, 2022

Should Christians try marijuana? One pastor is on a quest to get Christians high, touting the spiritual side of marijuana use. He says cannabis brought him closer to God, and hopes to help others discover the same.

Political & Religious Controversy 67 Comments

New Study: 78 Percent of Pastors Say Using Marijuana is Morally Wrong

May 19th, 2021

A recent survey of Christian leadership shows that some 78% of pastors believe that marijuana use is morally wrong and should remain illegal. But others say not only is cannabis use ethical, it's even in the Bible.

Political & Religious Controversy 188 Comments

California Pastor Starts First-Ever Christian Cannabis Company

May 9th, 2019

Despite the growing popularity of cannabis, traditional religion remains quite wary of the substance. One California pastor is working hard trying to change that.

Progressive Spirituality 61 Comments

Inside the Mormon Church's Stunning About-Face on Marijuana

October 15th, 2018

Breaking with its own longstanding prohibition on many substances like alcohol and caffeine, LDS leadership has reluctantly sided with pot activists to back legislation allowing medical marijuana to be sold in Utah.

Political & Religious Controversy 31 Comments

The International Church of Cannabis Opens Its Doors

April 20th, 2017

The International Church of Cannabis preaches the benefits of cannabis use, but some critics aren't buying it. They refuse to recognize cannabis worship as a real religion, and insist the church is no more than a scheme to justify getting high all the time. What do you think?

Political & Religious Controversy 69 Comments

Cannabis Church Fights Back

July 31st, 2015

The Indiana government is barring a ULC minister from the free expression of his faith, as religious conservatives have just passed a controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Progressive Spirituality 134 Comments

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