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Model Legal Arguments & Proposed Legislative Language for Rastafarian Religious Cannabis Protections in South Dakota
I. Model Legal Arguments for a RFRA Defense A. Establishing a Substantial Burden on Religious Exercise Sincerity of Belief Rastafarians adhere to the Holy Piby and Kebra Nagast, which frame cannabis as a sacred sacrament for meditation, healing, and communion with the divine. Affidavits from Rastafarian elders or scholars (e.g., testimony from the Ethiopian Zion…