Imported hashish sustained mountain economies for centuries—until modern legalization and market economics erased it almost overnight. Traditional imported hashish—hand-rubbed Nepali charas, Lebanese blonde, Moroccan temple balls,…
Most scholars believe the Hashashin’s love for their namesake substance is an exaggeration, if not an outright fabrication. When the Italian merchant Marco Polo traveled through…
I landed in Marrakesh after a five-hour flight from Stockholm. It’s late afternoon in October, the light was fading, the air calm, almost welcoming. That illusion…
