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David A. Guba, Jr., Assistant Professor of History, Bard Early College Baltimore

Cannabis prohibition in France over the past 50 years has disproportionately punished its Muslim minority

A cannabis ban has been in place in France since 1970, but there are ongoing demands to end it. juanma hache/Moment via Getty Images

In recent years, France has come closer to ending its national prohibition of cannabis, which has been in place since 1970.

The rise of “CBD cafés,” the growing public calls for an end to drug prohibition and an ongoing medical marijuana pilot program signal that, in the near future, France – the European Union’s leading cannabis-consuming member state – may legalize cannabis.

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