Peyote and the American Courts
The 1978 Religious Freedom Act carried no enforcement. A 1990 ruling stripped constitutional protection outright; a 1994 statute restored it for Native American Church members specifically; a 2006 case extended it to a Brazilian church's own sacrament.
Employment Division v. Smith (1990); AIRFA amendments (1994); Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita (2006)
Four US legal decisions across three decades decided whether peyote use in worship is protected by law.