Kief

Kief or kif is the dried resin glands of cannabis, which accumulates on containers or has been removed with a kiefing screen or sieve. Kief is a rare item among consumers of cannabis, and is prized because of its extremely high tetrahydrocannabinol content. A small amount of kief is typically placed on top of cannabis when loaded in a smoking pipe or bong and requires good cornering technique to avoid burning all of it at once. Kief can also be smoked on its own or vaporized for ingestion.

A kiefing screen is extremely fine; in fact, one can barely feel the holes if they were to touch it. Most people will store their cannabis in a box with a kiefing screen at the bottom. Over time the agitation of storing and removing cannabis in this box will force the kief off the cannabis buds through the screen, where it is collected and removed.

Because of kief's potency it can be overwhelming, and most users will not be able to perform complex tasks well; while the intoxicating effects of cannabis can also lead to this in large doses, the effects of kief are much stronger and more debilitating. Some users have experienced hallucinations from kief and the high has been described as making everything cartoon-like.

The word "kief" comes from the Arabic, meaning "well being."

External Links

"Kif in the Rif": an account of a journey to the famed Kif-producing region of Morocco