Kenya denies Rastafarians the right to smoke weed
A Kenyan court refused to grant Rastafarians the right to smoke weed on religious grounds in a ruling Wednesday.
Rastafarians, who use marijuana as part of their religious meditation, have waited years for the High Court to decide whether they can use the herb under the constitutional right to freedom of religion.
The court ruled that the community had failed to show why the country’s drug laws impinge on their religious freedoms.
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