Tag: Cannabis

Morocco expands legal cannabis cultivated area eightfold

May 7, 2024

Morocco increased eightfold the area cultivated with legal cannabis to 2078 hectares as the number of permits for investors grew to 161. Speaking to Asharq, ... Read More

West African Sahel sees soaring drug seizures, as UN calls for dismantling trafficking networks

April 22, 2024

Drug trafficking in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger continues to undermine security and economic development in the West African Sahel region, according to ... Read More

Morocco: Ten licenses awarded for medical, industrial & cosmetic use of cannabis

October 5, 2022

Ten licenses have been issued in Morocco for the processing, marketing and exporting of cannabis and its by-products destined for medical, cosmetic and industrial use. ... Read More

South Africa: Cannabis now sold in pharmacies

May 3, 2022

South Africa opened its very first marijuana retail outlet. The initiative aims to better regulate the use of this herb, whose industry, promising in many ... Read More

Morocco hosts international conference on therapeutic purposes of cannabis

October 12, 2021

The 1st International conference on the medical & industrial potential of cannabis will be held Oct.22-24 in Tangier, Northern Morocco, with the participation of several ... Read More

Morocco votes in favor of removing cannabis from UN list of dangerous drugs

December 6, 2020

The UN has removed cannabis from the list of the most dangerous drugs in a move that acknowledges the medical benefits of the plant and ... Read More

Will Morocco Approve Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes?

February 12, 2020

Moroccan health and narcotics control authorities are looking into the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on cannabis and related substances as well as ... Read More

Nearly two tons of cannabis seized near Moroccan city of Agadir

December 25, 2019

Moroccan security services foiled on Tuesday another major drug smuggling operation in the region of Agadir where they seized one ton and 770 Kg of ... Read More

Morocco Army Foils Smuggling of 3.7 Tons of Cannabis in Sahara

January 10, 2019

Moroccan soldiers foiled on Tuesday a major drug trafficking operation which was unfolding in a region situated 250 km southeast of the city of Laayoune ... Read More

Morocco Foils Smuggling Over 13 Tons of Cannabis

January 7, 2019

Moroccan security services have announced this weekend the seizure of over 13.7 tons of cannabis at the Tangier-Med port. The drugs were concealed in a ... Read More