Amadou Bâ, a septuagenarian aged 72 years appeared before the Tribunal de grande instance de Louga, with handcuffs and cuffs. The reason? He was arrested in possession of three cornets de chanvre indien. “You are an elderly person, your place is at the mosque and not in prison for use of Indian hemp”, a sermonné le procureur. Amadou Bâ, visibly uncomfortable, adopted an attitude of repentance, acquiescing to every word, reports L’Observateur. “I smoke Indian hemp to treat the asthma I have had since childhood. I ask pardon from the tribunal. I recognize that I’ve done wrong.
Louga: a sexagénaire who consumed the drug to “cure his asthma” sentenced to five (5) days in prison
