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Morocco has high hopes after planting its first legal cannabis crop

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:59:56 +0000

Farmers have planted the first legal cannabis crop in Morocco, long a top producer of black-market hashish. For now, it’s shaping up to be a modest entry into the above-board market, but hopes are hi ...

‘Outlaws’: Morocco’s Rif provides refuge for cannabis farmers

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:07:44 +0000

For centuries, the mountains of the Rif have been a centre of cannabis farming. Morocco is to this day the biggest producer of cannabis resin in the world, according to the United Nations. In July 20 ...

Morocco: Two years after cannabis law, farmers in the Rif still 'in the dark'

Wed, 10 May 2023 10:08:19 +0000

2023 may be the year of his first legal cannabis harvest in Morocco. After years of semi-underground, Aziz has decided to move over to "the legal side." The farmer from the Rif, a mountainous region ...

Au Maroc, la « beldiya » tente de résister aux variétés de cannabis importées

Wed, 10 May 2023 10:18:39 +0000

Depuis sa maison de Ketama, à 1 700 mètres d’altitude, Abdellatif Adebibe surplombe la vallée où les embruns d’iode venus de la Méditerranée se mêlent aux senteurs des cèdres. « Nous sommes ici dans ...

À Chefchaouen, les coopératives s’apprêtent à lancer la saison de culture du cannabis légalisé

Fri, 05 May 2023 12:42:49 +0000

Un atelier de travail s’est tenu, le 6 mars au siège de la province de Chefchaouen, afin d’examiner les modalités concrètes de soutien aux coopératives pour le lancement de la saison de culture du ca ...

Morocco grants first authorizations for legal cannabis industry

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:47:55 +0000

The Cannabis Activities Regulatory Agency (ANRAC), a brand new organization to regulate the legal cultivation of cannabis, issued ten permits for processing and manufacturing cannabis in Morocco. The ...

Au Maroc, les cultivateurs de chanvre placent leurs espoirs dans le cannabis thérapeutique

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:47:43 +0000

Au pied du mont Tidghine, plus haut sommet du massif du Rif, dans le nord du Maroc, le village d’Azila est couvert de plantations de cannabis, prêt à être récolté. Mais les temps sont durs pour les c ...

Prohibited Plants

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:40:52 +0000

Across the world, the state of environmental stress is unprecedented. As scholarship and activism on ‘environmental justice’ points out, poorer and marginalised communities face particular exposure t ...

Morocco’s cannabis regulation agency Is “open for business”

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:47:22 +0000

Following its first meeting yesterday, Morocco’s cannabis watchdog agency is now officially operational. The agency is set to oversee the cultivation and use of cannabis for medical and commercial pu ...

Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:40:18 +0000

Many African states that persecuted citizens for cannabis related offences for years are now promoting legal cannabis production. Over the past five years 10 countries have passed laws to legalise pr ...

L’avenir de la culture du cannabis sous les projecteurs à Tanger

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:21:08 +0000

L’avenir de la culture du cannabis et sa relation avec le développement territorial a été sous les projecteurs, samedi à Tanger, lors d’un colloque international organisé par la revue Tidighin des re ...

Morocco ratifies decree to start legal cannabis industry

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:43:20 +0000

Morocco has ratified the legislative changes required to start the country’s promising domestic legal cannabis industry for medical and export purposes. The prospect of legalizing Moroccan cannabis p ...

80% of Moroccans believe legalizing cannabis will have positive impact

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:18:06 +0000

About 80 % of Moroccans say legalizing cannabis for therapeutic, cosmetic or industrial use will have a positive impact on society. The Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) surveyed 1,05 ...

Morocco moves to legalise some cannabis cultivation

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:11:27 +0000

Few countries produce more cannabis than Morocco, where locals mix it with tobacco and call it kif, meaning “supreme happiness”. The pleasure extends to Europe, where much of the cannabis ends up. Fa ...

Cannabis médical : aubaine ou mirage économique ?

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 20:37:07 +0000

C’est la question qui brûle toutes les lèvres depuis l’annonce du projet de loi 13-21 : quelles seront, pour le Maroc, les retombées économiques de la légalisation de l’usage médical, thérapeutique e ...

Morocco's House of Councilors passes cannabis legalization bill

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:31:34 +0000

After several amendments, Morocco's House of Councilors has approved the hotly-debated bill on the limited legalization of cannabis for medical purposes. Morocco's Parliament put Bill No. 13.21, conc ...

Cannabis divides opinions in Morocco ahead of general elections

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:45:10 +0000

As Morocco's 2021 round of elections approaches, the cannabis question is once again on the table. The Moroccan government approved the bill to legalize medicinal cannabis for export on March 11 of t ...

Légalisation thérapeutique du cannabis : la Chambre des représentants dit “oui”

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:09:17 +0000

La Chambre des représentants a adopté le 26 mai au soir le projet de loi relatif à l’usage thérapeutique et industriel du cannabis par une majorité confortable, mais inhabituelle. Les groupes parleme ...

Morocco’s House of Representatives adopts bill on legal use of cannabis

Thu, 27 May 2021 18:40:01 +0000

Morocco’s House of Representatives adopted today Bill 13.21 on the legal use of cannabis for medical purposes. The bill received a majority of votes (199) against 48 votes, who voted no. The Justice ...

Eyeing lucrative profits, Morocco is seeking to legalise cannabis. The main obstacle? Islamist opposition

Sun, 16 May 2021 14:37:50 +0000

The stakes for legalising cannabis in Morocco are rising. On 11 March, the Moroccan government approved Cannabis Legalization Framework, Bill 13-21, to regulate medical cannabis and industrial hemp. ...