In November 2013 the Party of Authenticity and Modernity was preparing a day-long parliamentary seminar on what legalisation would mean for Morocco's economy. The move followed a 2009 call by Fouad Ali El Himma, a close adviser to the king, for a national debate and an end to arbitrary arrests of growers. The party was to chair the seminar, and some observers read the opening as a sign of royal tolerance, but no bill reached the floor. Recreational use and unauthorised growing stayed illegal.[1]
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References
- Foreign Policy — Morocco's growing cannabis debate (4 November 2013)Opening paragraphs, the 2009 El Himma passage and the account of the planned parliamentary seminar
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