Let Natives inhale in peace

Americans hold religious freedom dear, enshrining it in the First Amendment. Even when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in 1919, banning “intoxicating liquors,” enforcement under the Volstead Act excluded sacramental wines.

That principle is being tested in San Bernardino County involving the California Evergreen Farms Native American Church, which cultivates marijuana for use in its religious ceremonies. But on Nov. 14, 2024 and Jan. 17, 2025 the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department...