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RABAT: Morocco plans to allow the farming, export and domestic sale of cannabis for medical and industrial use, the government said on Thursday (Feb 25), a move it hopes will help impoverished farmers in the Rif mountains amid a growing legal global market for the drug. Past attempts to legalise cannabis farming in Morocco have failed, but the co-ruling PJD party, the largest in parliament, dropped its opposition after the UN drug agency removed the plant from its list of most tightly controlled narcotic drugs. The bill, which the cabinet is expected to approve next week, aims to improve farmers' incomes, protect them from drug traffickers who now control the trade in cannabis and gain access to the booming legal international market for the drug. Cannabis is mostly grown in the northern Rif mountains, which in recent years have seen protests over economic inequality. The draft law, seen by Reuters, envisages a national agency to monitor production, transportation and sales. … [Read more...] about Morocco set to legalise cannabis production for medical use

RABAT: Morocco's premier has promised "sanctions" after 28 people died when heavy rain flooded an illegal textiles workshop in a basement, reviving a debate on work conditions in the North African country. Authorities in Tangiers told AFP that 28 bodies, mostly of women, had been pulled out of the factory in a residential area of the northern port city. "The victims were trapped with no way to get out" and drowned, said senior fire and rescue service official Abderrahim Kabajj on Morocco's 2M television station. The channel reported that 28 people had died. The Northern Observatory for Human Rights and the Moroccan Association for Human Rights also confirmed the toll. An inquiry has been launched into the accident. "Responsibilities will be determined and necessary sanctions will be taken ... this cannot pass without consequences," Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani said in a message of condolences on Facebook. Morocco's informal sector plays a key role in the … [Read more...] about Morocco factory flood death toll rises to 28

RABAT: Morocco started a national coronavirus vaccination campaign on Thursday (Jan 28) after receiving vaccine shipments from AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, state media said. Inaugurating the campaign, King Mohammed was given the vaccine at his palace in Fez, the state news agency MAP said. Morocco has received 2 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and 500,000 doses of a vaccine made by China’s Sinopharm. It began distributing them to centres around the country this week. The palace said vaccinations would be available to all Moroccans over the age of 17. Health, security and teaching staff will receive the first shots. Both are conventional vaccines that need only ordinary storage requirements as already used in Morocco, rather than the ultra-cold facilities needed for some other shots. The government signed a deal with Sinopharm in August which involved conducting clinical trials in Morocco and announced plans to set up a … [Read more...] about Morocco starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Kindly Share This Story: Morocco, a country where large volumes of cannabis are grown illicitly, is considering legalising production for therapeutic use of the drug, the government said Thursday. The government has “begun to study a legislative bill relating to the legal use of cannabis,” it said in a statement. The draft text, seen by AFP, envisages the creation of a “national agency to regulate activities linked to cannabis”. The agency will be mandated to develop an agricultural and industrial framework in regions that will be authorised to produce the crop, the bill states. The growing, sale and consumption of cannabis are currently strictly forbidden. But usage is largely tolerated in the north, where the livelihoods of between 90,000 and 140,000 people is estimated to depend on illicit production. ALSO READ: Nigeria loses 200,000 bpd of crude oil daily to theft Current cannabis output in Morocco is estimated at more than 700 tonnes, … [Read more...] about Morocco mulling legalising medicinal cannabis

Video Player Close RABAT, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Morocco on Friday urged Libyan political parties to accelerate the formation of a new government to lead Libya during the transition phase. "The establishment of a new government will clarify the vision on the Libyan political path," Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita told the press after his meeting in capital Rabat with visiting Speaker of the Libyan eastern-based House of Representatives Aguila Saleh. "Libyans need a government in which all regions and political orientations are represented so as to manage this transition phase," he said. Bourita added that he had talks with Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the newly-selected prime minister of Libya, to whom he assured Morocco's willingness to help Libyans achieve unity and preserve the country's integrity. For his part, Saleh said that the Libyan House of Representatives seeks to form "a small interim government that must represent the various Libyan regions" in … [Read more...] about Morocco urges Libyans to accelerate gov’t formation