Morocco destroys cannabis operation
2008-08-27
Morocco destroyed 2,736 hectares of cannabis in the northern region of Taounate, MAP reported on Tuesday (August 27th). Authorities also reportedly seized two tons of the drug inside the house of a rural commune representative as well as two electric engines used for irrigating cannabis-growing lands.
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LAMIRI Mustapha Posted 2009-02-18
Hello- We can extract medicines from cannabis and export it for therapeutic purposes, so why are we burning it without looking for alternatives? Read this: “‘Cannabis Cultivations for Therapeutic Purposes in Vienna, Austria’ – On Wednesday, the Austrian parliament adopted a provision authorising the cultivation of cannabis intended solely for therapeutic or scientific ends under the control of the Ministry of Health. According to this new provision, adopted late in the evening during a parliamentary session, the Health and Food Safety Agency (AGES) was given the exclusive right to cultivate the plant, which is classed as a narcotic in the Alpine republic. ‘Cannabis is an important factor for anti-pain therapies,’ highlighted Minister of Health Andrea Kdolsky, herself being a anaesthesiologist. ‘We salute this initiative, which is going to permit us to develop new medicines to treat pain. The substances extracted from cannabis are more and more being utilised in the field of medicine,’ added Michael Bach, the president of ÖSG, an Austrian organisation that studies pain. In Austria, possession and sale of cannabis remains punishable by 6 months in prison.” (Agence-France Presse (AFP) ©. 10 July 2008, 09:18) –Best regards, Mustapha Lamiri, organic chemist
عبو Posted 2009-03-03
There is no power and no will but from God. Officials in the ministry of the interior and some employees of the king are the biggest drug dealers and even the biggest drug barons.
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