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Members of Kenya's Rastafarian community challenge the Cannabis Sativa prohibition laws in the High Court, arguing that the plant, deemed a holy sacrament, is allegedly essential to their spiritual worship and meditation. [Courtesy, Standard]
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These sort of exchanges featured early in the week at the High Court when the local Rasta community turned up for a ruling in a case that sought to legalise marijuana, commonly known as bangi, for spiritual nourishment.
Rastafarians claimed they deserved protection from police harassment since their use of bangi is for spiritual upliftment. In any case, the move to lift a ban on bangi has been growing across the world, mainly for medicinal use. In South Africa, it is widely available for recreational use as well.
