ment, that he could possibly be talking about any herb. However, the Bible says again later (Exodus 10-12) "...Eat every herb of the land." With this being stated, the Rastafarians have an undisputable religious claim to be able to use marijuana freely for their religious practices.
             In April of 1990, the Supreme Court dealt with a situation very similar to this, with the use of peyote in religious ceremonies. The case, which was argued on November 6th of 1989, was about two women who were fired from their jobs because they used peyote. The two women who were drug counselors in Oregon, belonged to the Native American Church, which used peyote for religious ceremonies. The drug counselors later applied for unemployment, and were later denied unemployment checks due to the fact that they were dismissed from their jobs due to employee misconduct. The case went to Oregon Supreme Court where it was ruled that 1). the denial of benefits to persons who were discharged for engaging in a religious act constituted an unjustified burden on the right of free exercise of religion, and 2).remanded the cases to the board for further findings as to the religious nature of the counselors' acts (75 Or App 764, 707 P2d 1274, 709 P2d 246. The case was then later appealed to the United States Supreme Court, where they later held up the findings of the Oregon Supreme Court say that "Oregon's prohibition of use of peyote in religious ceremony held not to violate free exercise of religion clause of Federal Constitution's First Amendment."
             These are not the only instances where people are prosecuted for drugs. Along with the use of these drugs, people are also prosecuted for the possession of drugs. Under the 4th amendment, a person should be able to use marijuana peacefully in their own home without a government invasion into their home for their drug use. The 4th amendment states, The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses...