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Will medicinal cannabis become Morocco s no.1 export?
A law is currently being debated in Morocco that would legalise the cultivation and export of medicinal cannabis. For many small farmers, this would bring considerable advantages. But the bill is controversial. By Cathrin Schaer
Should draft legislation clear the final hurdles in the next few weeks, Morocco could become the second Arab country to legalise cannabis.Lebanon was the first in 2020.
According to various international agencies, including the UN and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Morocco is one of the world s largest producers of cannabis and the biggest supplier of illegal by-products such as hashish that are bound for the EU. Legalising cannabis for medical and industrial purposes could have a positive impact on around a million subsistence farmers, mostly in the north of the country.
Aref Karimi for Insider
The US is leaving behind a flourishing, violent trade in heroin and crystal meth in Afghanistan.
The Om weed, which contains the key ingredient for making meth, grows wild in the mountains.
One in 10 Afghans are said to be involved in the drug trade, about as many as are said to be addicted.
HERAT, Afghanistan For weeks, Afghan police had been staking out a single-family house they believed was being used as a meth lab.
When it came time for the raid, they were caught off guard when a middle-aged woman answered the door. In accordance with local custom, a female officer stepped forward. But before anyone knew what had happened, the woman had struck the officer and bolted the door behind her.
Beirut, Lebanon – Already grappling with an economic crisis crippling the country, Lebanese farmers fear a recent produce ban by Saudi Arabia will be a decisive blow to their livelihoods.
Saudi Arabia announced on Friday an indefinite ban on Lebanese agricultural products after foiling an attempt to smuggle 5.3 million pills of the illegal amphetamine Captagon hidden in a shipment of pomegranates at Jeddah Port.
Captagon is manufactured in Lebanon, Jordan and possibly in Syria and Iraq, primarily for consumption in Saudi Arabia, according to (PDF) the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
“This is an unjust decision,” Hassan Abbas of the Agricultural Workers Union told Al Jazeera. “We were astonished that a country like Saudi Arabia that has provided so much aid to Lebanon to make such a hasty decision.”
Should the EU help legalize cannabis farms in Morocco?
Political fights are delaying Morocco s legalization of cannabis. But, thanks to the rise of medical marijuana, the measure fits well with EU development aims and international drug policy.
Morocco s cannabis farms are illegal but tolerated by authorities
Should draft legislation clear the final hurdles in the next few weeks, Morocco could become the second Arab country to legalize cannabis. Lebanon was the first in 2020.
According to various international agencies, including the UN and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Morocco is one of the world s largest producers of cannabis and the biggest supplier of illegal by-products such as hashish that are bound for the EU. Legalizing cannabis for medical and industrial purposes could have a positive impact on around a million subsistence farmers, mostly in the north of the country.