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Peter Popham The Independent Saturday 12 Jul 2008 Rastafarians have always regarded Ethiopia as the promised land, but Italy could rank a close second after its Supreme Court ruled that smoking or possessing cannabis is not a criminal offence but a religious act when the person doing it is a Rastafarian. Last year, the same […]

A recent court ruling highlights the impacts of the new narcotics law. Although he had harvested more than 10 kg of cannabis leaves, an Austrian man was not sentenced and the public prosecutor recently dismissed the case – with a two-year probation period. According to the new law the prosecutor must refrain from prosecution if […]

Takiwasi is proud to announce the official decision of the Peruvian Government to declare the knowledge and traditional uses of Ayahuasca as a cultural patrimony of the nation, product of a dossier realized by Dr. Rosa Giove, M.D., head of Takiwasi Center, Tarapoto-Peru for the National Institute of Culture of Peru. We hope it will […]

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The Irish Examiner 27 June 2008 By Cormac O’Keeffe

Source: New York Times Date: 26 June 2008