The judge said while Bennett produced voluminous evidence of religious uses of cannabis throughout history, the marijuana-related practices of Rastafarians or Ethiopian Coptic Christians were irrelevant.
What was relevant, he said, was whether Bennett could tie his use of marijuana to a comprehensive system of faith and worship. On that point, the judge said, Bennett had produced “almost no evidence” to show a connection, other than to repeatedly say it helps him to “connect to the divine.”
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Bennett effectively smokes marijuana almost constantly, the judge said, “no matter what the context (he even admitted to having smoked marijuana before his cross-examination in this case).
#fail
Any bets on whether this dumb case will make it to the Supreme Court?
