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ACLU Decries House Legislation that Earmarks $100 Million For Unproven Faith-Based Drug Treatment Programs (07/10/2003)
WASHINGTON - Responding to House legislation that would earmark $100 million for largely faith-based drug treatment initiatives, the American Civil Liberties Union today warned that the lack of quality standards and licensing requirements could harm participants and violate civil liberties.

ACLU Says Taxpayer-Funded Faith-Based Drug Treatment Would Jeopardize Quality of Care for Neediest Americans (02/27/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today told lawmakers that a new voucher program for religious social service providers, announced last month in the State of the Union address, would dramatically diminish the quality of care for beneficiaries.

ACLU Asks U.S. Appeals Court to Defer to Guam High Court on Rastafarian's Right to Use Marijuana for Religious Purposes (11/02/2001)
HONOLULU--In a first-of-its-kind case involving the right of a Rastafarian in Guam to use marijuana for religious purposes, the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday will tell a federal appeals court that fundamental religious freedoms should not be stunted by one nation's ""war on drugs."" 

Guam v. Guerrero, ACLU Brief (05/23/2001)

Guam v. Guerrero, Amicus Brief from the Liberty Project (05/23/2001)

Guam v. Guerrero, Amicus Brief from Members of Guam Legislator (05/23/2001)

ACLU Decries House Legislation that Earmarks $100 Million For Unproven Faith-Based Drug Treatment Programs (07/10/2003)
WASHINGTON - Responding to House legislation that would earmark $100 million for largely faith-based drug treatment initiatives, the American Civil Liberties Union today warned that the lack of quality standards and licensing requirements could harm participants and violate civil liberties.

ACLU Says Taxpayer-Funded Faith-Based Drug Treatment Would Jeopardize Quality of Care for Neediest Americans (02/27/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today told lawmakers that a new voucher program for religious social service providers, announced last month in the State of the Union address, would dramatically diminish the quality of care for beneficiaries.

ACLU Asks U.S. Appeals Court to Defer to Guam High Court on Rastafarian's Right to Use Marijuana for Religious Purposes (11/02/2001)
HONOLULU--In a first-of-its-kind case involving the right of a Rastafarian in Guam to use marijuana for religious purposes, the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday will tell a federal appeals court that fundamental religious freedoms should not be stunted by one nation's "war on drugs."