Narcotics Policy vs. Needs of a Church

Justices Weighing Narcotics Policy Against Needs of a Church- NYTimes: WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - The Bush administration tried to persuade the Supreme Court on Tuesday that federal narcotics policy should trump the religious needs of members of a small South American church who want to import a hallucinogenic tea that is central to their religious rituals.


If the Native Americans can have their peyote, why can't these people have their tea?