Items tagged with lebanon
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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, ... |
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 allow the state to benefit from the revenue of its ... |
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 be... |
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 Charbel promised to find solutions for cannabis farmers, including finding alternative crops. Talk about alternative crops h... |
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... |
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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