Image: Indigenous Peyote use traditions have been carried through forced assimilation and genocide. The peyote cactus is indigenous to one small area of Texas and is difficult to cultivate. The psychedelic renaissance currently sweeping America is trying to co-opt these traditions for profit. Religious use by indigenous peoples is protected by the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, decriminalizing peyote would be devastating this rare cactus and the region where it grows. Read More: peyote tradtions not for sale
