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Law 13-21 (2021) legalised cultivation for medical, cosmetic and industrial use in the Rif provinces. Recreational kif remains illegal but is widely tolerated; thousands of growers were pardoned in 2024.
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Possession · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Recreational possession and use are illegal under a 1974 decree, punishable by prison of up to a year and a fine. Kif smoking is nonetheless deeply traditional and widely tolerated in the north, so enforcement is uneven.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Illegal for personal use. Growing is lawful only for farmers in designated Rif provinces who join a cooperative and hold an authorisation from the cannabis agency, selling their whole crop to licensed processors.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10adds 4.0 of 20 points
Users can be jailed, though often are not; traffickers face long sentences. The 2024 pardon was limited to growers.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Supply is trafficking.
Consumption · 10%2/10adds 2.0 of 10 points
Use is an offence, with prosecution avoidable by accepting treatment. Tolerated in practice in much of the Rif.
Legal access · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
No legal adult-use source; the law of 2021 explicitly excludes recreational use.
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Law 13-21 legalised cultivation, processing, export and sale for medical, pharmaceutical and industrial purposes. In 2024 the agency issued over 3,000 authorisations, most to small farmers, and a royal pardon cleared thousands of growers with past convictions or warrants.
Licensed medical, cosmetic and food-supplement products; THC above 1% only for pharmaceutical use.
Cannabis-based medicines can be registered and sold through pharmacies; the domestic medical market is young.
A drug conviction is a criminal record; the pardon removed that burden for many Rif farmers.
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