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The production of hashish was prohibited in Lebanon in 1926, during the era of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. [2] [3] However, the cannabis industry blossomed during the chaos of the 15-year Lebanese civil war (1975–1990). [4] The cultivation of cannabis itself was forbidden in 1992, under pressure from the United States. [5]
The illegal drug trade in Lebanon involves an expanding Lebanese involvement in both drug production and trade, a phenomenon substantiated by studies. The economic and political upheaval in Lebanon, as delineated in a study by the Euro-Gulf Information Center, has driven Hezbollah, wherein narcotics serve as a notable revenue stream, to intensify its involvement in the drug economy.
Cultivators and tribal drug lords have worked with militias to build up a thriving cannabis trade. The region has been compared to Peru's cocaine producing Upper Huallaga Valley. [13] During the Lebanese Civil War, cannabis cultivation was a major source of income in the Beqaa Valley, where most of the country's hashish and opium was produced
Hashish is a cannabis concentrate product composed of compressed or purified preparations of stalked resin glands, called trichomes, from the plant. It is defined by the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (Schedule I and IV) as "the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant".
Nouh Zaiter (Arabic: نوح زعيتر) is a Lebanese drug lord and a leader of an armed militia in the Beqaa Valey, involved in drug trafficking and arms dealing in Lebanon and the Middle East. He's often in the news due to his alleged connections with Hezbollah [ 1 ] and the Syrian regime , [ 2 ] and his involvement in the drug trade, [ 2 ...
LEBANON TOWNSHIP - A plan to open a medical cannabis cultivation facility on Anthony Road has been rejected by the township Zoning Board of Adjustment, but the controversy remains pending in ...
In July 2014, The Daily Beast reported that Hezbollah owns marijuana plantations and produces Hashish in the Bekaa Valley, in eastern Lebanon, and exports the produce to countries such as Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
Hady Habib's history-making run at the Australian Open will continue after the first man to represent Lebanon in a Grand Slam singles tournament in the Open era became the first to win a match ...