Answer:
a. compelling (interest)
Explanation:
A court is likely to find that the state’s interest in reducing illegal drug activity, along with the associated criminal activity, is a compelling interest that would justify violating Thomas’s religious freedom because according to law, this is a clear cut method to stop or hindering the prevailing rights which makes discrimination or distinguishing between certain group of people on the base of certain stereotypes existed in that society, which undoubtedly should not be acceptable in any society and in any form.
