Peter Cohen, Testimony before the Canadian Senateâs Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, 28 May 2001.
âThe Reformation[âs]..new ideology was that people had an individual relationship to God. They were now able to seek salvation for themselves, rather than through the churchâŠâ Within the Protestant tradition, force like sexuality, alcohol and drugs came to be seen as powers that threatened this autonomy and damaged the relationship with God. |