Native Americans use peyote, as part of religious ceremony, continuing today.

"It seems like they didn't want junk when they started using peyote."

The case concerned using peyote in American Indian religious ceremonies.

They had used peyote in spiritual practices since ancient times.

Rather, the state's employment division refused to pay the men unemployment benefits after they were dismissed from their jobs for using peyote.

Native North Americans are likely to have used peyote for at least 5,500 years.

This indicates that native North Americans were likely to have used peyote since at least five and a half thousand years ago.

Today the Native American Church is one among several religious organizations to use peyote as part of its religious practice.

Oregon had denied unemployment benefits to the two plaintiffs because they had been dismissed from their jobs for using peyote.

The celebrant must stop using peyote at least 24 hours before returning to active duty.