When the French protectorate of Tunisia banned imports of kif, hashish and shira in 1895, its supply of shira, a Syrian name for cannabis resin, came from Malta, according to the geographer Chris Duvall, citing French colonial sources. Tunisia had first banned imports of shira in 1884.[1]
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References
- The African Roots of MarijuanaChris S. Duvall · Duke University Press · 2019 · ch. 9, note 95, p. 319 · ISBN 9781478004530
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