The American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments ________.

A. legitimized the varying state laws governing peyote use by Native Americans
B. exempted Native Americans from penalty under the federal Controlled Substances Act, as well as under any state statutes that criminalized peyote use
C. exempted Native Americans from criminal penalty under the federal Controlled Substances Act but not from civil penalties for illegal growth and manufacture
D. ignored state laws governing peyote use by Native Americans and made it uniformly illegal


Answer: B

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