Items tagged with lebanon
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| ‘If there were no hashish here, you wouldn’t see a single house’ [19.10.2020] | A village in Lebanon, where cannabis grows everywhere, has long counted on hashish for income. But the country’s economic crisis has farmers reconsid ... |
| Lebanon’s economy is going to pot — in a good way, it hopes [29.09.2020] | Lebanon is scrabbling to escape an existential, multilayered crisis that has gutted the currrency to less than a quarter of its previous value, broug ... |
| 'The risk is zero': Legalising cannabis in Lebanon could help solve its economic crisis [22.07.2020] | Last month Lebanese President Michel Aoun signed an order paving the way for a change in the country's legislation. If the bill passes through parlia ... |
| Is Lebanon's legalisation of cannabis an economic lifeline or an opportunity for corruption? [01.05.2020] | Lebanon last week legalised the cultivation and export of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. The move is intended to provide an economic ... |
| Lebanon has legalised cannabis growing, but its political class are muscling in on small farmers [27.04.2020] | Lebanon is set to become the first Arab country to legalise the growing and export of medical cannabis in hopes of rescuing the economy - at least th ... |
| Lebanon passes legislation legalizing medical marijuana cultivation as economy struggles amid coronavirus fallout [21.04.2020] | The Lebanese parliament passed legislation to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, a move that was recommended by econo ... |
| Defaulted Lebanon hopes to pay off debts with cannabis [30.03.2020] | The Lebanese government is looking to cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes to improve the country's economic situation. Lebanon ... |
| Lebanon set to legalise medical, industrial cannabis cultivation [12.03.2020] | Lebanon's parliament is set to vote on a law that would legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medical and industrial use in an effort to boost its ... |
| In Lebanon, producers of hashish are victims… of overproduction [29.09.2019] | Victims of overproduction, cannabis farmers in the Beqaa now long for the time when the Lebanese State was fighting against the cultivation of Indian ... |
| NGO seeking to decriminalise drug use in Lebanon [20.07.2019] | The Support Don’t Punish campaign for decriminalising the use of illicit substances is very relevant in Lebanon where the law on drug use and the jum ... |
| Lebanon’s green gold: The debate to legalize cannabis [15.04.2019] | Lebanon is about to take a historic step for the Arab World with a proposed bill to legalize the cultivation of cannabis for medical use. But in the ... |
| The next major marijuana exporter will be in the Middle East [31.01.2019] | The Israeli cabinet approved legislation that will transform the Middle Eastern country into an exporter of marijuana for medical use. “I am glad thi ... |
| Medical marijuana for Lebanon? More complicated than it sounds… [03.01.2019] | Medical marijuana exports could generate $1 billion per year in revenue for the Lebanese state, according to outgoing Economy Minister Raed Khoury. T ... |
| Cannabis farmers in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley fight government push for legalisation [19.10.2018] | A plan to legalise cannabis production in Lebanon faces resistance from some of the growers themselves. In the eastern Bekaa Valley, where the crop h ... |
| Lebanese cannabis farmers hope legalisation may bring amnesty [27.08.2018] | The contrast between the vibrant green of a cannabis field and the arid land nearby in Lebanon's Bekaa valley has for years raised a dilemma for the ... |
| Climate change is turning the Middle East's breadbasket into a cannabis farm [09.08.2018] | Heeding the recommendation of international consulting group McKinsey, which was part of a broader development plan, Lebanon's parliament is preparin ... |
| Lebanon's cannabis heartland, Bekaa, hopes for legalization [27.07.2018] | The Bekaa Valley in Lebanon is notorious as one of the world's major cannabis-growing regions, producing some of the finest hashish. The country is t ... |
| Lebanon to consider legalizing cannabis growing: official [18.07.2018] | Lebanon’s parliament is considering legalizing the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said, in an attempt t ... |
| A plan to jump start Lebanon's economy: Export cannabis to the world [08.07.2018] | Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. presented a document detailing proposals to jump start Lebanon's economy to President Michel Aoun, Bloomberg reported. ... |
| In Lebanon, one farmer-turned-candidate is running on a pro-cannabis platform [23.04.2018] | In Lebanon, on the roads of Baalbek-Hermel leading to his village of Deir al-Ahmar, Shawki Fakhri is contesting the upcoming local elections under a ... |
| Farmers swap weed for grapes as winemaking blossoms [16.10.2017] | 220 farmers from the Coteaux Heliopolis cooperative are growing grapes for winemaking in the northern Bekaa Valley’s Deir al-Ahmar region. The area, ... |
| Turning weed to wine, helping Bekaa farmers go straight [19.11.2016] | Hashish cultivation is widespread in the Bekaa Valley with many relying on the illegal crop for their livelihoods. In an attempt to curb the illicit ... |
| Illicit cannabis farming thrives in Lebanon [26.10.2016] | "When I was young I wasn't for it or against it. All I used to think about was going to school, graduating and getting a job. But there is poverty in ... |
| Syrian refugees farm cannabis in Lebanon [21.12.2015] | Inside a garage in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley filled with green dust and piles of cannabis, stand a woman and a 13-year-old boy, sifting through the twig ... |
| The cannabis question [23.03.2015] | Given the dynamics of politics in Lebanon, Jumblatt’s call in and of itself is unlikely to provide the gravitas for an effective change in the legisl ... |
| Cannabis farmers support calls to legalize lucrative crop [23.12.2014] | With the war in Syria stifling the economy and bringing in a flood of refugees in the Bekaa Valley, as well as the closure of smuggling roads and per ... |
| Lebanon agriculture minister urges cannabis cultivation for export [18.12.2014] | Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb called for the legalization of cannabis farming in Lebanon to benefit from the revenue of its export. “We are con ... |
| Jumblatt renews calls to legalize marijuana [13.12.2014] | Walid Jumblatt has renewed calls to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana. The head of the Progressive Socialist Party wrote that the time h ... |
| Left to flourish, cannabis farms see profits fall [16.11.2014] | For the second year in a row, cannabis farmers in the Bekaa Valley have been able to reap their harvests without being harassed or prosecuted by the ... |
| Marijuana farmers in the Bekaa struggling to survive as profits decline [12.09.2014] | Farmers in the Bekaa Valley are not ashamed of growing marijuana. It is neither a disgrace nor a mistake, “We grow it to survive” they say candidly. ... |
| Cannabis farmers to resist state’s decision to destroy crops [08.07.2014] | The government's decision to begin destroying cannabis farms in the Bekaa Valley has angered impoverished farmers whose livelihoods rely heavily on d ... |
| Bekaa farmers push against eradicating marijuana growth in Lebanon [02.06.2014] | The growth of cannabis is gradually increasing in the fields in the Bekaa valley. This is mainly due to policies adopted by successive governments th ... |
| Cannabis legalization: the seed of a good idea or a pipedream? [29.05.2014] | According to Jalal Mahfouz, head of the Planning and Development Center in Hermel (Lebanon), any move to legalize the illegal industry, which is beli ... |
| Drug busts push teens towards hard drugs in Lebanon [29.01.2014] | The relentless crackdown by security forces on the mainly cannabis-smoking youth in Beirut has had several negative repercussions on the Lebanese soc ... |
| Civil war turns Syria into major amphetamines hub [11.01.2014] | Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country's brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order c ... |
| Lebanon: Greener grass [01.10.2013] | Cannabis cultivation in Lebanon, which dates back centuries, became organised during French rule in the early 20th century, but it was in the lawless ... |
| Lebanese government gives "blessed" hashish a break [13.09.2013] | The minister of interior Marwan Charbel promised to find solutions for cannabis farmers in Lebanon, including finding alternative crops. Talk about a ... |
| Yammouneh rises: Hashish is our livelihood [04.08.2012] | Clashes erupted in the town of Yammouneh in the Bekaa valley between local hashish farmers and security forces. The farmers in the largely marginaliz ... |
| Cannabis fields in Bekaa destroyed for second day [23.07.2012] | Authorities continued efforts to eradicate cannabis fields in the Bekaa, east Lebanon, as normal activity in the region remained subdued due to repor ... |
| Lebanon: Hashish growers and the Government face off [13.07.2012] | It is hard to predict how this year’s planned destruction of the hashish crop in the Bekaa will play out. The farmers insist on confronting any such ... |
| Cannabis production and markets in Europe [26.06.2012] | This study brings together available evidence to provide a comprehensive analysis of cannabis production and markets across the EU. It combines infor ... |
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