A farmer checks crops of cannabis in the commune of Mansoura, in the Chefchaouen region southeast of Tangiers, 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)
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned more than 4,800 farmers accused of illegally growing cannabis, the justice ministry said Monday. The monarch “has kindly granted pardon to 4,831 people convicted,…