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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Sania Mahyou

‘Outlaws’: Morocco’s Rif provides refuge for cannabis farmers

Cannabis has been grown in Morocco's Rif region for centuries [Hicham Faiz/Al Jazeera]

Chefchaouen, Morocco – On the steps of the Spanish Mosque, tourists and locals are smoking kif, a mixture of cannabis and tobacco, while admiring the view of Morocco’s famous “Blue City” in the northern region of the Rif.

For centuries, the mountains of the Rif, which extends from the city of Tangier up to the eastern border with Algeria, have been a centre of cannabis farming. Morocco is to this day the biggest producer of cannabis resin in the world, according to the United Nations.

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