{"id":19531,"date":"2017-09-07T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pevgrow.com\/blog\/?p=19531\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:35:36","slug":"ketama-the-cradle-of-the-best-hash-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pevgrow.com\/blog\/en\/ketama-the-cradle-of-the-best-hash-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketama, the cradle of the best hash in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alan Mart\u00ednez Benito<\/a><\/div>\n CEO of Pev Grow, expert grower with more than 20 years of experience.
In constant struggle for the regulation of cannabis, mainly in the medicinal field.
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At the foot of the Rif Mountain Range, in Morocco,<\/strong> is one of the largest temples of hashish production in the world: Issaguem<\/strong><\/a>, better known as Ketama.<\/strong> A town of a little more than 1500 inhabitants, where the drumming of the sieves resounds at the hands of the Berbers, in charge of elaborating some of the best Hash in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Can you imagine a land where marijuana plants grow freely over tens of kilometres without the authorities intervening?<\/em> This land exists and is called Ketama,<\/strong> a town located in the Rif region, the town of Ketama has been producing hashish since the fifteenth century. So far there is nothing strange in all that we are telling, however, if today we want to dedicate a small space in our blog to this locality is because it produces, as the experts in the matter point out, one of the best,<\/strong> if not the best, hash in the world, in terms of flavor and quality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But this is not the only peculiarity of this territory, but there is another that attracts even more attention: although the preparation and consumption of hash is punishable in Morocco<\/strong>, in this area of the country the authorities turn a blind eye. Why? We’re talking about all that right now<\/em>… \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n

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If you want to know an exciting and dangerous area of the planet in equal parts<\/strong>, I invite you to continue reading this article and give us all the data you think are missing if you know more about the subject. You can also ask us all the questions you think are necessary to complete our article on issues we haven’t mentioned.<\/p>\n

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Are you ready to start an exciting journey through the lands of the best hash in the world?<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s get started!<\/em>???<\/p>\n

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Index<\/p>\nToggle<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

  • Ketama, knows the place of origin of the best hash in the world<\/a><\/li>
  • The hash route: from Bab Taza to Ketama<\/a><\/li>
  • Infographics about The Al Hoceima Road<\/a><\/li>
  • Ketama Marijuana Features<\/a><\/li>
  • How hashish is made in Issaguem: Ketama drums<\/a><\/li>
  • Ketama Marijuana Infographics<\/a><\/li>
  • Ketama, cinema, documentaries and more<\/a><\/li>
  • Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n

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    The Cordillera del Rif, where the town of Ketama<\/strong> is located, now named Issaguem by order of King Mohamed VI, was once an area dedicated to tourism and alpine skiing. However, the business of plantations and hash processing by the majority of the local population replaced the previous type of life that was carried out in the area, making this part of Morocco a place where many foreign authorities advise against going<\/strong> and, if in case of have to do so, ask to go on roads that are not secondary, in order to avoid problems, as reported, for example from the Spanish Government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    In fact, this is an area that, as the NGOs working in this area denounce,<\/strong> has traditionally been forgotten by the authorities, despite the efforts they have made in recent years. In these drylands, as described by all the people who pass through them, it seems that time has not passed, which also makes it a magical place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Ketama<\/strong> and its surroundings are a part of Morocco where the majority of the population lives below the poverty threshold,<\/strong> mostly Bereber, but also Arabs and Amazigians, and where the country’s leaders are doing everything possible to stop its current fame, in order to return it into the previous essence. Hence, it is the police authorities themselves who turn a blind eye<\/strong> to the thousands of hectares (approximately 57,000 hectares) of marijuana crops<\/strong> there are around the town.<\/p>\n

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    These crops are the livelihoods of the vast majority of the population<\/strong>, so that if they were destroyed, (as they are doing in other areas of the country warned by foreign authorities for more than 10 years), the area would cease to enjoy the latent social peace in which its inhabitants live, to become an area of revolt due to the scarcity of resources in the territory.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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    To this we must add that in 1956, as can be read in a report published by ABC newspaper, Mohamed V (the first sultan to become King after achieving independence in Morocco) issued a decree “favorable” to some peoples to which the peasants of Ketama still cling, because they claim that “neither Hasan II nor Mohamed VI have revoked it”<\/em>. Thanks to this decree, in Ketama and its surroundings, it is “allowed” not only growing cannabis,<\/strong> something that is palpable to the naked eye because of the large area of crops that can be seen, but also to make hash. <\/strong>Raise your hand, the one who would also want to have something like this for Spain! <\/em>I’m sure more than one does… isn’t it? ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f
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    Because, if one thing is clear according to the latest study carried out by the Spanish Drug Observatory<\/strong>, is that our country is one of the largest cannabis users in Europe (30% of the population between 15 and 64 years old have consummed it at least once)<\/strong> and that, in addition, Spain is the first border crossing point to introduce hash in Europe, despite the fact that the best consignments only reach some of the famous coffee shops in Amsterdam<\/strong><\/a> (of course, by another type of safer routes). \u00a0Thus, 45% of seizures of this type of product in Europe<\/strong> have been made in Spain, according to the United Nations Drug and Crime Organization (UNODC).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    This high demand for cannabis also helps neighbouring Morocco continue to grow that large amount of cannabis, in a land conducive to the growth of some of the best marijuana strains known<\/strong> so far. In fact, according to sources quoted in a documentary produced by Canal Sur (La Ruta del Hach\u00eds)<\/strong>, they claim that demand is so high that, despite the large amount of cannabis grown in Morocco<\/strong>, it cannot be supplied to everyone, which is why marijuana is also imported from other countries (Spain included) less known for such purposes (either from countries in the east of Europe or the America, among others).<\/p>\n

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    Report on the production of hashish Ketama (Rif)<\/em><\/p>\n