Since time immemorial humans have used entheogens as integral tools for achieving insight and epistemological understanding, and to enter modes of thought conducive to physical and psychological healing. Entheogens such as peyote, marijuana, mushrooms, and ayahuasca are nonaddictive. These substances have played, and continue to play, a central role in the religious practices of many sincere people. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people safely use MDMA (Ecstasy) and other modern cognitive enhancers in conjunction with ecstatic Rave dances, and as adjuncts to psychotherapy and self-analysis.

The government should not have the authority to decree certain states of mind as heretical, to criminalize particular modes of thinking and perceiving, or to deem certain thought processes impermissible. Current laws that criminalize entheogen use, clearly implicate First Amendment freedoms, including freedom of religion and expression.

As part of the CCLE's mission to foster cognitive liberty, we encourage public education and policy reform with regard to entheogens. National and international drug policy should accommodate law-abiding citizens who use entheogens without harming  others.