
By Sayer Ji
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
If the words “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” don’t include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn’t worth the hemp it was written on. ~ Terence McKenna
While this article is not focused on the recreational use of cannabis, Terence McKenna’s quote speaks directly to a sacred right, increasingly being legislated against in our society — namely, the ability to choose and use substances that grow freely on this Earth as our medicine.