They ritually use cannabis, which they call "God's Holy Healing Sacrament" to deepen love and livity.

[6] The City of San Jose filed a complaint against the owners and operators of Amsterdam's Garden marijuana dispensary in May 2015 for zoning violations and for not conforming to city regulations on marijuana dispensaries.

[7] Around November 2017, the operators stated that they were not legally a marijuana dispensary under city regulations but rather a church, and should be exempt from taxation, zoning and other regulations as a legitimate religious group under the United States Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) of 2000.

[8] The city attorney of San Jose has said: "Whatever their followers want to smoke, that's not the issue.

"[9] In 2017 the attorney said he would file an injunction to prevent cannabis sales on the church premises.