{"id":4026,"date":"2021-08-09T19:29:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T19:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:40:56","slug":"history-of-hash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/cannabis-and-its-evolution\/history-of-hash","title":{"rendered":"The history of hash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Hashish, or hash, is a concentrate produced by pressing or rubbing together the resin glands of a cannabis plant to form brick, slab, or rolled pieces. Though <a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/dictionary\/hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hash is popular today<\/a>, it has a long and fascinating history featuring legends of assassins, sheiks, and generals from Persia, Egypt, and other exotic locales. <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image \">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209.jpg\" data-modal-open=\"lightbox_2712\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 476px, (min-width: 1218px) 772px, 100vw\" alt=\"Moroccan blonde hash\" title=\"Click to see a larger version of the image\">\n\t\t\t<\/a><cite>Photo by: Gina Coleman\/Weedmaps<\/cite><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hashish, or hash, is a concentrate produced by pressing or rubbing together the resin glands of a cannabis plant to form brick, slab, or rolled pieces. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t<div id=\"lightbox_2712\" data-modal data-modal-hide-heading data-modal-manual-close hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Image lightbox<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/160714C_45941_Moroccan-blonde-hash_-e1515050336209-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Moroccan blonde hash\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" class=\"a11y-modal__close-btn\" data-modal-close-btn>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M13.414 12l4.293 4.293a1 1 0 01-1.414 1.414L12 13.414l-4.293 4.293a1 1 0 11-1.414-1.414L10.586 12 6.293 7.707a1 1 0 011.414-1.414L12 10.586l4.293-4.293a1 1 0 011.414 1.414L13.414 12z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Below, find out the history of hash, the original <a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/dictionary\/concentrates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weed concentrate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"early-beginnings\">\n\tEarly beginnings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/cannabis-and-its-evolution\/cannabis-first-use-and-migration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">history of using cannabis for its anesthetic qualities<\/a> can be traced as far back as the Neolithic period, approximately 4000 BCE. Hash consumption began a little later in Persia (primarily Iran) and Central Asia (primarily Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). It's likely that hash, like cannabis, traveled the Silk Road out of eastern Asia to the Middle East. Early on, it was more likely used as incense than for anything else. Incense, like that produced using frankincense and myrrh, was quite valuable. These substances were also resins that had been used as medicine and in religious ceremonies for centuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charas, or resin produced by gently rubbing growing cannabis plants, was the earliest form of hash. But when agriculture came into being, around 9000 BCE in India, woven sieves were developed to separate grains from plants. Those same sieves were used to separate cannabis resin from the rest of the harvested, dried plant, creating the first hash, according to preeminent hash scholar Frenchy Cannolli. Charas is still made, mostly in India, by hand-rubbing live plants. Hash is differentiated by the fact that it's sieved, by hand or mechanically, from dried, cured cannabis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"hash-in-the-ancient-world\">\n\tHash in the ancient world <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the earliest mentions of hash is in Iraqi alchemist Ibn Wahshiyya's <em>Book of Poisons<\/em>, written in the 10th century. There are also Muslim texts from the 11th century where religious and secular leaders debated its usefulness. Shortly thereafter, a story of hash consumption was included in the book <em>Arabian Nights. <\/em>Hash was known and used in what's now Iran and throughout the Arabian peninsula though locals seem to have blamed Mongols and Sufis for bringing the practice to the region.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image \">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN.png\" data-modal-open=\"lightbox_2610\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-768x432.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN.png 1600w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 476px, (min-width: 1218px) 772px, 100vw\" alt=\"hash\" title=\"Click to see a larger version of the image\">\n\t\t\t<\/a><cite>Photo by: Gina Coleman\/Weedmaps<\/cite><\/figure>\t\t\t<div id=\"lightbox_2610\" data-modal data-modal-hide-heading data-modal-manual-close hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Image lightbox<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-768x432.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN.png 1600w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hash-LEARN-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"hash\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" class=\"a11y-modal__close-btn\" data-modal-close-btn>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M13.414 12l4.293 4.293a1 1 0 01-1.414 1.414L12 13.414l-4.293 4.293a1 1 0 11-1.414-1.414L10.586 12 6.293 7.707a1 1 0 011.414-1.414L12 10.586l4.293-4.293a1 1 0 011.414 1.414L13.414 12z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then there are the historical legends of the Nizari Ismailis, more commonly known as the Order of Assassins or the Hashishin Assassins. The Assassins, with strongholds in Persia and Syria, were a religious sect formed in the late 11th century, approximately 1090 CE. The name Assassins is \u201cHash\u00e2sh\u012bn\u201d in Persian and \u201cas\u0101s\u012bn\u201d in Arabic. Legends exist that the group's founder, Hassan-e Sabb\u0101h (also spelled as Hasan-i Sabbah), consumed hash and provided it to his disciples to instill loyalty to the group. Scholars debate the validity of these tales, arguing that the word \u201cHashishin\u201d is actually a misnomer. Hassan-e Sabb\u0101h is said to have referred to his followers as \u201cas\u0101s\u012by\u016bn,\u201d which means \"people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith].\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's believed the sect was incorrectly referred to as \u201cHashishin\u201d in the Arabic sense, which means \u201cusers of hashish.\u201d It was said that the Assassins were described as being hash eaters and referred to as hashish in a derogatory way by rival sects, and these descriptions weren't based in fact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although no archaeological or written record provides clear evidence on whether the Assassins consumed hash as part of their traditions, the legend itself was written around 1210 CE by Arnold of L\u00fcbeck. The historical documentation of this legend in the early 13th century does link the geographic region of Persia with hash, as well as providing descriptions of the cannabis concentrate and its effects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"prohibition-of-ancient-hash\">\n\tProhibition of ancient hash<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in 1206 CE Genghis Khan had united the Mongol tribes and moved them from Russia to Persia and Central Asia, taking cannabis and hash use with them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same century, Ibn al-Bay\u1e6d\u0101r, a scientist born in the modern-day province of M\u00e1laga, Spain, described an intoxicating substance from Egypt that he referred to as \u201chashishah.\u201d The following century, in 1378 CE, a public notice announced that the act of consuming hashish was prohibited by Soudoun Sheikhouni, an Ottoman emir in Egypt. In his edict, he called for the destruction of all cannabis plants and the punishment of anyone using hashish by imprisonment and having their teeth pulled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of hash continued to gain in popularity in Egypt to the end of its medieval period and throughout its time as an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire, despite prohibitive policies and harsh punishments by authorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once it reached Egypt, the spread continued. Berber tribes from North Africa are said to have introduced hash to one of its modern-day havens, Morocco. However, hash production didn't take off in the country for some time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"dry-sift\">\n\tDry sift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200bDry sift is a method of extracting resin glands, known as trichome heads, from cannabis flowers without the use of solvents. It's a traditional and artisanal technique that has been used for centuries to produce high-quality hashish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, dry sift production has been prominent in hashish-producing regions such as Morocco, Afghanistan, and Lebanon, where traditional hash-making techniques have been practiced for generations. These regions have a long-standing history of hand-rubbing or sieving cannabis flowers to collect the resin glands and create hashish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image \">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1.jpg\" data-modal-open=\"lightbox_4831\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 476px, (min-width: 1218px) 772px, 100vw\" alt=\"Image of dry sift\" title=\"Click to see a larger version of the image\">\n\t\t\t<\/a><cite>Photo by: Gina Coleman\/Weedmaps<\/cite><\/figure>\t\t\t<div id=\"lightbox_4831\" data-modal data-modal-hide-heading data-modal-manual-close hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Image lightbox<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/710_Dry-Sift_02_16x9-1-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Image of dry sift\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" class=\"a11y-modal__close-btn\" data-modal-close-btn>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M13.414 12l4.293 4.293a1 1 0 01-1.414 1.414L12 13.414l-4.293 4.293a1 1 0 11-1.414-1.414L10.586 12 6.293 7.707a1 1 0 011.414-1.414L12 10.586l4.293-4.293a1 1 0 011.414 1.414L13.414 12z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The process involves gently sifting or sieving dried cannabis flowers over fine screens or meshes. As the flowers are agitated, the trichome heads, which contain the desired cannabinoids, terpenes, and other valuable compounds, separate from the plant material and fall through the screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resulting product is a fine, powdery substance commonly referred to as dry sift or kief. Dry sift typically has a sandy or powdery texture and is rich in cannabinoids and aromatic terpenes. It can be consumed on its own, added to cannabis flower for enhanced potency, or used as a key ingredient in various cannabis-infused products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dry sift extraction is admired for its simplicity, as it requires minimal equipment and avoids the use of chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"hash-from-the-18th-19th-centuries\">\n\tHash from the 18th - 19th centuries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hash consumption continued to expand, and the primary method of consumption switched from eating to smoking with the arrival of tobacco in the 1500s. During the 18th and 19th centuries, changes to production methods helped increase output and distribution as demand for hash grew.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image \">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1.jpg\" data-modal-open=\"lightbox_1175\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 476px, (min-width: 1218px) 772px, 100vw\" alt=\"\" title=\"Click to see a larger version of the image\">\n\t\t\t<\/a><cite>Photo by: Gina Coleman\/Weedmaps<\/cite><\/figure>\t\t\t<div id=\"lightbox_1175\" data-modal data-modal-hide-heading data-modal-manual-close hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Image lightbox<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-768x432.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/180801_LifestyleIceHash_601-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"button\" class=\"a11y-modal__close-btn\" data-modal-close-btn>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M13.414 12l4.293 4.293a1 1 0 01-1.414 1.414L12 13.414l-4.293 4.293a1 1 0 11-1.414-1.414L10.586 12 6.293 7.707a1 1 0 011.414-1.414L12 10.586l4.293-4.293a1 1 0 011.414 1.414L13.414 12z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1798, during the French occupation of Egypt, Brigadier General Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte outlawed cannabis and hash consumption and ordered the public burning of hash coming into the country. He believed that hash and cannabis use resulted in mental disturbance, overindulgent behavior, and interfered with rational thought. Despite Bonaparte's attempts, his own French troops from the Arm\u00e9e d'Orient as well as a group of scientists, engineers, and artists from the Commission des Sciences et des Arts took hash back to France after serving in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le Club des Hashischins \u2014 also spelled \u201cClub des Hashishins\u201d or \u201cClub des Hachichins,\u201d which translates as the Club of Hashish-Eaters \u2014 formed in Paris in 1843. The group held monthly meetings at the H\u00f4tel Pimodan, which is the modern-day H\u00f4tel de Lauzun, to experiment with and explore the effects of hash, as there was an interest among the club's members about the possibility that it could heighten their artistry and ingenuity. A number of the participants were part of the Parisian intelligentsia, including famed writers (Alexandre Dumas, Th\u00e9ophile Gautier, Victor Hugo, Honor\u00e9 de Balzac), painters (Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix), and other members of Paris' intellectual elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"hash-in-the-20th-century-and-beyond\">\n\tHash in the 20th century and beyond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jacques-Joseph Moreau, a psychiatric physician, was another notable member of the club who wrote the first publication by a medical doctor about the effects of a drug on the human nervous system. Moreau wanted to learn about treating mental illnesses; he gained firsthand knowledge of hash from self-experimentation. His book, titled <em>Du Hachisch et de L'ali\u00e9nation Mentale \u2014 \u00c9tudes Psychologiques<\/em> (<em>Hashish and Mental Illness \u2014 Psychological Studies<\/em>), was published in 1845 and received an honorable mention distinction from the French Academy of Sciences in 1946. The recognition of Dr. Moreau's work helped substantiate and legitimize hash, supporting its possibilities as a medical treatment in the scientific community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning in the mid-1950s, hippies from Western countries began traveling from the UK, France, Germany, and Italy through Central Asia to India and Thailand on what was called the Hippie Trail or the Overland. A big draw was the easy, inexpensive, legal drugs to be found along the way, including cannabis and hash. In the '60s, Morocco's hash production really took off, in part because of the Hippie Trail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hash history is a bit difficult to pin down with certainty. Some sources say the oldest continuous culture of hash production can be found in Afghanistan, the biggest producer of top-notch hashish today. But hash-making still happens in India, Nepal, and other areas where it was born. Morocco and Spain definitely contribute, but so do California and other parts of the US. As cannabis legalization has spread, so has cultivation and interest in resin production, including the ancient form popular with Mongols, Persians, and hippies alike, hashish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about where hash began and how it is consumed today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[214,277,337,408,597],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cannabis-and-its-evolution","tag-hash","tag-cannabis-concentrates","tag-cannabis-culture","tag-traditional-hash","tag-history-of-hash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.9 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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