Rabat, Morocco – A Moroccan state agency has issued the first 10 permits for the use of cannabis in industry and medicine and for export, it said, the result of a law passed last year.
According to Reuters, farmers who organise into cooperatives in the northern mountain areas of Al Houceima, Taounat and Chefchaouen will be gradually allowed to grow cannabis to meet the needs of the legal market, the agency said.
Cannabis is already widely cultivated in Morocco illegally and the new law, passed by the parliament last year, does not permit its use for recreation.
According to research, cannabis is a plant that can be used as a medicinal and recreational drug. Its ingredient may help treat chronic pain and other related conditions. Likewise, it can be smoked, eaten or vaporised and comes in different forms.
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However, it is widely reported that people excessively use it, thereby becomes a serious global concern and valid reason for scrutiny.
