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Kenyan court rules against Rastafarian religious use of cannabis in landmark case

Kenyan court rules against Rastafarian religious use of cannabis in landmark case

Kenya’s Rastafarian community has lost a long-awaited legal bid to secure the right to use cannabis as part of their religious practice, in what campaigners had hoped would be a landmark ruling on religious freedom in the East African nation. The case, which had been working its way through the courts for several years, sought […]

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Kenyan Court Rejects Rastafarian Plea to Legalise Cannabis for Religious Use

Kenyan Court Rejects Rastafarian Plea to Legalise Cannabis for Religious Use

A Kenyan court has dismissed a petition filed by members of the Rastafarian community seeking legal recognition of cannabis use for religious and spiritual purposes. While rejecting the application, the judges acknowledged that the underlying questions raised by the case point to a wider national conversation that has yet to take place. Background of the

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