Cannabis Has Always Played An Important Role In Religion By Chris Bennett, Tue, September 29, 2009 [1]

I read Jacob Sullum's article 'Can Smoking Marijuana be Considered a Religion?! [2]' with some interest, as I myself currently have a case against the Canadian Government  [3]in response to their refusal to grant me an exemption for my own spiritual use of cannabis [4]. As well, the historical role of the religious use of cannabis has been a subject I have personally researched for 20 years, having written 3 books on the subject, Green Gold the Tree of Life: Marijuana in Magic and Religion  [5](1995); Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible  [6](2001); and the forthcoming Cannabis and the Soma Solution  [7](2010); as well as dozens of published articles [8]on this same subject, and some of this material has been reviewed in a report prepared by the Canadian Justice Department [9]. Thus it is clearly a subject I have put some thought into, and which I have considerable knowledge about.

More story here http://www.opposingviews.com/i/cannabis-has-always-played-an-important-role-in-religion [10]