Religions, too, have made room for cannabis. Whether it be during certain sacraments, for the purpose of elevation spiritual, or simply certain traces left in ancient texts, many communities and prophets have seen in this plant something of spiritual and mystical.
The Rastafari are culturally known for their use of cannabis, but references to cannabis are also made in the Bible.
The recent introduction of medical cannabis legislation by the Davis administration, led by Health and Welfare Secretary Dr....
The Bahamas government has announced a legislative package that will legalize cannabis for medical, religious and research purposes. Personal possession of small quantities of...
Antigua and Barbuda has become one of the first in the Caribbean to allow Rastafarians to grow and consume cannabis for sacramental use. Rastafarians are...
Hemp has long been part of the medicinal and spiritual practices of cultures throughout history. One of the religions that valued cannabis was the...
The Parliament of Dominica, the Caribbean island between Guadeloupe and Martinique, has passed a bill to decriminalize cannabis....
The government of Bermuda has published draft legislation to regulate the cannabis market in the self-governing British overseas territory. «Surprising for...
Researchers studying two altars at an ancient shrine in Israel discovered that cannabis was used in religious rituals at the site. The...
Express decriminalization of cannabis in Trinidad and Tobago. The bill presented in November and passed by the House of Representatives in mid-December has finally become law and entered...
Last Wednesday, Trinidad and Tobago's House of Representatives passed the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill of 2019 which, if approved by the Senate, would decriminalize...
The government of Trinidad and Tobago presented two cannabis bills to Parliament on Friday, one aimed at decriminalizing the possession of small quantities, the other...
The island's Attorney General, Dale Marshall, has announced that the Medical Cannabis Bill will be tabled in Parliament today, and debated...
Bill Levin, founder of the Church of Cannabis in Indianapolis, has just announced his intention to run for governor of Indiana. However, he will need...
The Caribbean archipelago of Antigua and Barbuda is finalizing a bill to legalize cannabis for religious, medical and scientific purposes, but...
A bill to legalize medical cannabis will be put to a vote by Utah residents on the November ballot. While some polls...
The CARICOM community, made up of 15 member states including the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Guyana and Suriname, recently agreed to consider legalizing cannabis. A...
The first church dedicated to cannabis opened in 2015 in Indianapolis. Its founder, Bill Levin, a rather unusual character, has just been denied the use...
More and more theological experts agree that cannabis was part of Jesus' healing rituals. In addition to throwing...
A rabbi, a priest and an atheist walk into a bar. But instead of making jokes about it...
In our modern culture, the spiritual use of cannabis is directly associated with the Rastafari movement, which uses it as a sacrament and meditation aid. And...
It's not just in Europe and America that the cannabis debate is taking hold. Today, we take a detour to India, where doctors and some politicians...
