KETAMA
It may not feature in Morocco’s official tourism brochures but cannabis attracts thousands of visitors a year to the North African country.
At a hotel bar in the northern region of Ketama, German tourist Beatrix made no attempt to hide the joint she was rolling.
The 57-year-old said she had fallen in love with the area for « the quality of its hashish and the friendliness of its residents ».
Hassan, a 40-something sporting a conspicuous gold watch, said cannabis was « our main source of wealth ».
HASHISH
« The climate here is very special. Nothing grows here except kif, » he said, using a Moroccan name for the drug.
Northern Morocco is a key production centre for hashish for export to Europe, but it has also seen traffic in the other direction — an influx of European visitors heading to sample the local pleasures.
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