Peyote grown in the nursery is under the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s watchful eye, she said. Licensed to operate, the ...

A study of the effects of peyote on American Indians found no evidence that the hallucinogenic cactus caused brain damage or psychological problems among people who used it frequently in religious ...

Morgan Tosee, a member of the Comanche Nation who leads ceremonies within the Comanche Native American Church, said peyote is utilized in the context of prayer — not smoked — as many tend to ...

Jane Fonda recalls 'horrible' experience taking peyote with Lily Tomlin: 'It was the worst' The actress revealed that the drug made her "totally paranoid" and recommended that others who want to ...

All the controlled substances in the world couldn't improve a viewing of the execrable "Don Peyote," a tedious, incoherent look at a paranoid stoner's emotional and spiritual unraveling.

Native Americans Take Peyote For Religious Practices. Peyote grows in the desert regions of Mexico and the southwestern United States. The top of this small, spineless cactus called Lophophora ...

Decriminalizing psychedelics like peyote by passing SB 58 could help heal the fraught relationship between California and its indigenous tribes.

A 1994 federal law allows roughly 300,000 members of the Native American Church to use peyote as a religious sacrament. The five-year study set out to find scientific proof for the Navajos ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A self-proclaimed medicine man was arrested Thursday on federal charges he lied about being an American Indian to consume and distribute peyote during religious ceremonies.

Peyote is what unifies them. After peyote was banned by U.S. government agents in 1888 and later by 15 states, Native American tribes began incorporating as individual Native American Churches in ...