Morocco’s Council of Ministers discussed a draft bill that is set to result in the legalization of cannabis, within tight limits. The government’s spokesman revealed that the council will approve the bill next week, confirming that Morocco will indeed legalize cannabis.
Details of the draft bill have been leaked ahead of the official decision on the matter, with Moroccan news outlet Morocco Today publishing some details on the proposed path ahead.
According to the Moroccan press, the draft bill proposes to build a legal cannabis industry by organizing cannabis farmers into “cooperatives” which in turn would sell their crop to local or international “processing” companies.
The draft bill reveals the scale of Morocco’s cannabis industry. Morocco’s government believes the industry to be nearly twice as high as previous BBC estimates, which had identified a $8 billion market.
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