As Plant-Medicine Churches Grow, Legal Questions Linger

There is one place more people are finding psychedelics: In church. No one is keeping an exact count but the number of churches that offer ceremonies using plant medicines continues to grow apace. Some churches operate openly, with websites and Facebook pages. Others remain underground. They operate in cities and rural areas, often ignored by law enforcement.

My story for Lucid News takes a look at the legal issues raised by plant-medicine churches. The landscape is murky.