Illegal or spiritual? Church appeals tax-exempt decision over psychedelic drug
Is it illegal, spiritual, or both? What's in question is if a church can have tax-exempt status while using a drug called ayahuasca.
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Is it illegal, spiritual, or both? What's in question is if a church can have tax-exempt status while using a drug called ayahuasca.
Even though Iowaska Church of Healing is registered to a home on the city's north side, no ceremonies using the psychedelic drug ayahuasca have taken place there.
A structural engineering firm's report, hired by the building's owner, showed brick façade appeared "ready to fall imminently" just days before an apartment building collapsed in downtown Davenport, Iowa.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with our tenants and families during this difficult time," Andrew Wold said in part in a statement, almost 72 hours after a building he owned collapsed in downtown Davenport.
Footage from body cameras Des Moines police officers were wearing when they shot and killed a 16-year-old boy will not be made public, a state panel has ruled.