1. Read the U.S. Constitution, First Amendment etc... Learn your Rights so when you are stopped or arrested, you can Stand Up for Your Rights!

2. Native American Religious Freedom Act of 1979 -- Native American folks should ask your lawyer to explain your Rights under this Act, and see Employment v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 108 L. Ed. 2d 876, 110 S. Ct. 1595 (1990) (Peyote case, Oregon), mentioned in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993

3. Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 -- Public Law 103-141 (H.R. 1308). [note: This is retroactive (applies before 1993)-- see Rastafarian Ruling].

4. Rastafarian ruling...JAH RastaFarI leads the Way!...Right to Religious Use Defense for marijuana under RFRA &93 -- Fed 1996 -- U.S. v. Dawn Meeks, et al, No. 94-30076, et al, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 1458, United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit --Filed Feb. 2, 1996.

5. Soapbox Decision, June 1995 -- U.S. Supreme Court, June 19, 1995, John J. Hurley and South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, v. Irish G.L.I.B. -- No. 94- 749 -- Right to your own Free Expression, i.e. Free Speech...

6. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Regulation 36 CFR 251 - 261 -- [Federal Register Vol 60, No. 168, Wed August 30, 1995, pgs. 45259 etc.] - - This Regulation is a (generally applicable law,) like marijuana regulations -- it contains the Federal Government's case law concerning marijuana as well as Peaceable Assembly on Public Lands -- gives you a good idea what you are up against....

7. U. S. v. Rainbow -- U.S. v. Barry Adams, pro se, (Texas, 1988), and U.S. v. Gideon Israel (Arizona, 1986) -- are both positive decisions relating to Religious Use Defense for Individuals' Rights to Gather (sustained by RFRA &93).