Kava
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Kava should at present not be summarily banned, but the believers should be gradually weaned away from its use[edit]
"...the House of Justice does not wish to go beyond its statement in 1985 that, "While we feel that under present circumstances the drinking of kava should not be summarily banned, the believers should be gradually weaned away from its use." Any action to be taken on the use of kava is left to the decision of National Spiritual Assemblies.
"Since you are a member of the National Assembly of..., you are certainly free to raise the matter with it from time to time, as you deem wise. However, in dealing with such matters it is often well to emphasize the role Bahá'í communities are to play in bringing about the changes essential for the transformation of society."
- (20 April 1993, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer, Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity, no. 230)
