The Rif is a region that historically has been marginalized by the central authorities in Morocco which has promoted the emergence of a series of events are entered in the illegal economy such as smuggling or the cultivation of hemp. This hemp cultivation and processing is causing a number of economic, social and political disrupt traditional society and make a new social class emerging result of these activities. Besides them the cultivation of hemp and in fact can cause it is already doing some consequences of ecological and environmental negative consequences for the region in terms of what it means deforestation, erosion, depletion of water resources, etc. The attitude of the Moroccan authorities to date is to consent to the growing challenge that means developing a region of scarce resources, population and has been living on subsistence farming or the aforementioned illegal activities.