Cannabis growers in northern Morocco, the region par excellence of cannabis cultivation, are calling on the expertise of Syrians and Kurds to carry out well drilling at reduced costs and within a reasonable time frame.
The adoption of the draft law on the legal uses of cannabis in Morocco has generated great interest for investors in the Tangier region and others who are flocking to Ketama and surrounding municipalities. They want to acquire agricultural land, and are already facing a surge in the price per hectare.
The Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Abdellatif Ouahbi, calls for a general amnesty for farmers convicted of cannabis cultivation. With his parliamentary group, he intends to visit Ketama, Taounate, Al Hoceima, Tangier and Larache very soon to meet with the growers.
After the legalization of the use of cannabis, some drug traffickers are trying to seize the land of small farmers. A maneuver denounced by Mohand Laenser, Secretary General of the Popular Movement (MP), calling for a re-reading of the law on the legal use of cannabis in order to improve the quality of its content.
Moroccans or people with links to Morocco are on the list of the most powerful drug barons in France. Originally titled "top 25", this ranking by the narcotics office has been renamed the "national list".
Considered the main importer of cannabis in France, Moufide Bouchibi alias "Mouf", on the run in Morocco in 2012, was arrested in Dubai. He will be extradited to France where he will serve a 20-year prison sentence.
An audio recording of the former head of government Abdelilah Benkirane on the draft law 13-21 relating to the legal use of cannabis was inadvertently broadcast in a private group including party leaders before being deleted. Mohammed Yatim, former secretary general of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), committed this imprudence.
Delegations representing two American industrial groups are expressing interest in Moroccan cannabis following the adoption of bill 13-21 relating to its legal use. They have organized a prospecting mission in the north of the kingdom.
Lahcen Daoudi, a former PJD minister, has recalled the importance of the legal use of cannabis, a subject that threatens the stability of the lamp party. In an interview, he accused former Prime Minister Benkirane of being behind the party’s opposition to the legalization of kif.
In Île-de-France, customs services seized more than 17 tons of hookah tobacco that would have been imported by ship from Morocco . The Financial Judicial Investigations Service is conducting the investigations.
Chakib Al khayari, co-founder of the collective for the therapeutic and industrial use of Kif, says that Algeria tried to sabotage Morocco’s efforts for the legalization of cannabis. At the UN, the eastern neighbor had voted against the removal of the product from the list of toxic substances.
While Morocco is moving towards the legalization of its cannabis, an officer of the Algerian gendarmerie claims that the product is "comparable to cocaine or heroin", and therefore presents an enormous health risk.