World’s Top Cannabis Exporter Edges Nearer To Legalization
Photographer: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg
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Morocco’s parliament voted to legalize the local cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial use, in a potential victory for marginalized farmers in the world’s top exporter of the drug.
Morocco, where tens of thousands of people live off illegal marijuana cultivation, has debated legalization for the past decade, with advocates saying it would allow farmers to sell to the government instead of traffickers.