She is due to stand trial on July 7 on charges that her post quoting Okamoto constitutes an apology for terrorism.
French daily Le Parisien reported last week that “a few grams of synthetic drugs” had been found in Hassan’s handbag as she was being detained. The Paris prosecutor’s office said shortly after that a substance “resembling” 3-MMC — a common designer drug — had been identified, but that further tests were needed.
Hassan has consistently pushed back against the allegations, saying she had only carried cannabidiol (CBD) products that were legally purchased in Brussels. CBD is a chemical that is found in the cannabis plant but does not have the same intoxicating effects as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
Hassan’s lawyer, Vincent Brengarth, said a “toxicological analysis” had identified only a “negligible level” of THC. He added that it is “not uncommon for products marketed as CBD to contain traces of THC, since both molecules are extracted from the same plant.”
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that a little more than 1 percent of THC had been found on the product presented as CBD — over the 0.3 percent legal threshold, but an insufficient amount to be considered a crime.
Hassan has since gone on the offensive.