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French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims

  • Written by David A Guba, Jr., History Faculty, Bard College
Evidence suggests that Muslim men in France have been disproportionately arrested and jailed for cannabis-related crimes since the drug became illegal in 1970.Francisco Osorio/flickr, CC BY-SA

Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country.

Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for hemp...

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