Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church
- Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church
The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church is a new religious movement which incorporated in Florida in 1975. Members of movement say it is based on the teachings of Marcus Garvey and that cannabis is the Christian sacrament. [ [http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/potbible.htm Marijuana and the Bible] ]
They were suspected of smuggling massive amounts of potent cannabis from Jamaica to Miami. They were also featured on "60 Minutes" on October 28 1979. The group's leader was Thomas Reilly, also known as Brother Louv. In 1986 the organization participated in the Drug Enforcement Administration's hearings on cannabis rescheduling in the United States.
On August 8 1994 Jim Tranmer, a former member of the group, wrote a letter to Carl E. Olsen while meditating on his 35-year prison sentence and his departure from the EZCC's "malicious hierarchy".
The EZCC is in no way associated with the Coptic Orthodox Church or the Coptic Catholic Church, both based in Egypt. The Coptic Orthodox Church also has an Ethiopian sister church which is also unrelated.
References
* [http://mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/RASTAFARI/wells2.html History of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church] , by Walter Wells.
* [http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_spirit_media1.shtml The Law and Brother Louv] , The Miami Herald, August 2, 1981
* [http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_spirit3.shtml Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church] , CBS News - 60 Minutes, Volume XII, Number 7, Oct. 28, 1979.
* [http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/Drugs/THC/copticlt.html Coptic Gets 35 Years] , Jim Tranmer, Aug. 8, 1994.
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