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France reenters medical marijuana industry after more than a half-century hiatus – a cannabis historian explains

  • Written by David A. Guba, Jr., Assistant Professor of History, Bard Early College Baltimore
imageFrance led the world in medical marijuana research in the 19th century.CasarsaGuru/E+ via Getty Images

Early in 2022, the French legislature greenlighted the cultivation of cannabis inside French territory to supply the nation’s ongoing pilot program in medical marijuana. The clinical trials were launched in March 2021 with cannabis supplied...

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