Dutch Freedom of Religion on Pause for Santo Daime

From Chacruna.net

“It is with great sadness that we have received the judgment of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. After almost 20 years of legal battles against criminal courts that, without exception, were won; this time, we met a court that judged differently. The main decision from this court is that the import, possession, and use of ayahuasca leads to an unacceptable danger to public health. This means that, from 28-2-2018, Santo Daime works in the Netherlands are illegal.

First of all, they used the argument that “ayahuasca contains DMT, and DMT is prohibited in Article 2 under A of the Opium Act List 1; Violation of this prohibition is punishable in Article 10 of the Opium Act.”  So, because DMT is prohibited, ayahuasca is prohibited. They didn’t make any differentiation between DMT and ayahuasca…” Continue reading