Lakiesityksestä vuotaneiden tietojen mukaan viljelijöiltä edellytetään Marokon kansalaisuutta ja liittymistä viljelyosuuskuntaan, jotka myyvät kannabiksen eteenpäin sitä jalostaville yrityksille. Käytännöt tulevat olemaan tarkoin säänneltyjä ja niitä valvomaan perustetaan erityinen toimielin.
Vuosittaisen tuoton lasketaan olevan noin 12 miljardia euroa.
Confirmed: Morocco Will Legalize Cannabis Next Week (25. 2. 2021)
Today 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.
The draft legislation estimates profits of Morocco’s illicit cannabis trade at $15 billion. Those profits mainly flow into the coffers of organized crime groups and drug traffickers. Under the current illegal status of cannabis, farmers earn a combined half a billion dollars, while drug traffickers earn nearly $14.5 billion.