Dangerous shift from cannabis resin economy to chemical drug manufacturing in secret labs

ALGIERS - The growing manufacturing of chemical drugs in Morocco, alongside continued cannabis resin production, reveals a more dangerous chapter in an organized crime system sponsored by the Makhzen, marked by the emergence of secret laboratories producing the most dangerous psychotropic substances and converting medications into narcotics, with escalating smuggling of these poisons toward neighbouring countries and the serious repercussions this has for their citizens, particularly young people.