The first legal cannabis seeds are expected to be planted in Morocco in March of next year, with the crop harvested in July and August.
This follows the announcement last October by the National Agency for the Legalization of Cannabis Activities of the granting of ten licenses to practice the activities of processing, manufacturing, marketing, and exporting cannabis products for medical and industrial purposes.
President of the Moroccan Association for Consultative Use of Cannabis, Professor Redouane Rabai told Hespress AR that the first production of medical cannabis will be within the next year.
The president further stated that his association has intensified training courses for doctors and pharmacists regarding the therapeutic uses of cannabis.
“The expected production requires organizing training courses for doctors, pharmacists, and nursing staff to learn about the successful global experiences related to the medical uses of cannabis in the treatment system, and to make them available to patients through prescriptions,” he added.
The training courses seek to inform on the components and dosages of cannabis, as well as indications that are currently approved by science; and under the supervision of experts and doctors from the US and Israel, as two countries that have accumulated great experience in the field of promoting the medical industry on cannabis.
The agency’s president said that it will cost MAD 1.55 million for the construction of a research laboratory to develop the quality of legal cannabis in the commune of Beni Boufarah in the Al Hoceima province.
“The research study was announced by the Northern Territories Recovery and Development Agency for the construction of the laboratory, and the request for bids will open by November 24,” according to the same source.
“The country also aims to develop scientific knowledge about the cannabis plant,” he added.
In this regard, it is expected that the Beni Boufarah commune will host the first research laboratory for this purpose.
“Cannabis cultivation has spread through small agricultural businesses in rural areas, with an estimated total area of 50,000 hectares, and traditional cannabis cultivation and transformation are major sources of income for approximately 100,000 families,” according to the report of the new development model.
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