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Legal and Social Issues of Sacred Medicine Churches in the US
with Paul Lisy, Robert Heffernan, Martha Hartney, & Allison Hoots
Discover the complications that arise for sacred medicine churches and what the implications are for those who practice. How can we embrace the importance of health, safety, and ethical protocols in these churches?
Hear from three members of Chacruna's Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants about how they are supporting groups in protecting themselves and in getting legal aid after encounters with law enforcement.
Links mentioned on the panel:
- Chacruna's Guide to RFRA and Best Practices for Psychedelic Plant Medicine Churches: https://chacruna.net/chacruna_guide_rfra_best_practices_psychedelic_churches/
- LAMPS (FB)
You'll HEAR FROM:
PAUL LISY | Documentary Filmmaker, LAMPS Partner [MODERATOR]
Paul is a graduate of New York University for Film (Tisch School of the Arts), and I worked as an in-house and freelance script reader for many years here in Los Angeles, for such companies as Tri-Star Pictures, Jerry Weintraub Entertainment, Spring Creek, Badham Cohen, River Road, CIBY 2000, and many others.
He is a co-owner of eFootage.com - an evolving on-line stock footage site packed with film and video ranging from nitrate silent sequences to contemporary design material we are scanning to be able to offer soon in 4K. He has taken videos for his company in many locations around his country and the world.
ROBERT HEFFERNAN | Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants
Rob Heffernan is Chacruna’s Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants Coordinator. He is an independent researcher and activist who has participated in the vegetalismo, Santo Daime and other syncretic traditions since 2000. He has been active in organizing and legal efforts for the Santo Daime, ayahuasca and the broader psychedelic community since 2005. He’s also a certified Shamanic Breathwork facilitator, a certified Integrative Sound and Music Practitioner (sound healing) and a long-term Buddhist Dharma practitioner. Rob has a deep commitment to integrating and building connections between Buddhist Dharma, sacred medicine work and the eco-climate/social justice crisis.
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>>Guide to RFRA and Best Practices for Psychedelic Plant Medicine Churches<< An in depth 84 page guide to how RFRA and best practices can help protect sacred medicine churches.
MARTHA HARTNEY | Attorney & Drug Reform Advocate
Martha J. Hartney is an estate planning attorney in Colorado. She was the first attorney to graduate from the CIIS Certificate Program in Psychedelic Therapies and Research. Martha champions the legal, safe, and responsible use of plant medicines in America as a member of Chacruna’s Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants and the first steward of the Psychedelic Bar Association’s Religious Use Committee.
WHERE TO FIND MARTHA HARTNEY
ALLISON HOOTS | Attorney, Hoots Law Practice PLLC, Of Counsel, Plant Medicine Law Group LLP
Allison Hoots is an attorney. Allison practices in the legal areas of employment, business, tax, and intellectual property. She has experience advising churches on incorporation, operation, and legal compliance in the religious use of plant medicines and consistent with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Allison is honored to be on Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines' Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Sacred Plant Alliance, and she is a member of the Board of Trustees and officer of a nonprofit church that uses plant medicine in prayer. Allison is the lead author of Chacruna’s Guide to RFRA and Best Practices for Psychedelic Plant Medicine Churches.
WHERE TO FIND ALLISON HOOTS
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