The Moroccan government attempts to purge kif growers from Rif Mountains. Red Lebanese reaches California. The Brotherhood popularizes Afghani hashish. 1970-1973 Huge fields of Cannabis cultivated for hashish production in Afghanistan. The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act is passed.
Medical research continues.
Lebanese red and blonde hashish of very high-quality exported. The highest quality Turkish hashish from Gaziantep near Syria appears in western Europe. Early 1970s Afghani hashish varieties introduced to North America for sinsemilla production. Westerners bring metal sieve cloths to Afghanistan. 1973 Afghan government makes hashish production and sales illegal.