Court Rejects Rastafari Bid for Religious Marijuana: MSMN News

[DW] Kenya's small Rastafarian community was seeking permission to smoke marijuana under the constitutional right to freedom of religion. The judge found that they did not show it to be a necessary part of their worship.

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