- Dave Hodges, 42, believes the city would have fewer opioid addicts if there were more churches offering religious sacraments in the form of psychedelic drugs
- He founded the Church of Ambrosia in Oakland five years ago and it has now has 106,000 members, meaning it is technically the biggest megachurch in the US
- Research into whether psychedelics can treat opioid addiction is in its early stages, but Hodges claims members have got clean since joining his church
Nestled in the heart of America’s opioid crisis lies America’s biggest psychedelic church, raking in $5million a year supplying illegal drugs to members.
But its pastor, Dave Hodges, sees no issue in setting up shop just a few blocks south of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, home to the country’s most notorious open air drug market.
In fact, the computer geek turned psychedelic preacher believes that if there were more churches like his, where congregants get high on shrooms and cannabis, there would be fewer opioid addicts overdosing on his doorstep.
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