TO GO WITH 'MOROCCO-AGRICULTURE-CANNABIS' FOCUS BY KAOUTHAR OUDRHIRI
Aziz Makhlouf, the founder of Biocannat, a cannabis processing factory in Bab Berred southeast of Chefchaouen, inspects dried cannabis on July 18, 2024. Morocco passed a law in 2021 allowing the cultivation of medical and industrial-use cannabis in areas of Rif, a mountainous region that has long been a major source of illicit hashish, a stronger derivative of cannabis, smuggled to Europe. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)