After failing at previous efforts, Morocco is set to open the door for the production of medical cannabis. The stage is set after “the co-ruling PJD party, the largest in parliament, dropped its opposition,” according to Reuters. The PJD shifted its position following a decision by the United Nations in December to remove marijuana from the list of the world’s most dangerous drugs. The U.N. Commission for Narcotic Drugs reclassified cannabis under the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, under which it was categorized as a Schedule IV drug, the same classification as heroin and other more dangerous substances. The move was backed by the United States and European member states, while countries such as Russia, China, Egypt, Nigeria, and Pakistan opposed the change in classification. Morocco voted in favor of the change. It passed narrowly, by a vote of 27-25. According to Reuters, the Moroccan bill is expected to pass next week and will aim “to improve farmers’ incomes, protect them from drug traffickers who now control the trade in cannabis and gain access to the booming legal international market for the drug.”
420 Intel – Marijuana Industry News, 02/28/2021 19:00:00