Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) recently made the “biggest” drug bust in the country’s history, confiscating 15 tons of hashish.(…)
Walid Jumblatt—a prominent politician who leads Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party—had repeatedly called for the country to legalize the drug in 2014. Regardless of the risks of growing cannabis, many farmers and workers in the country are dependants on the crop’s production.(…)
Some economists have even suggested growing cannabis could boost Lebanon’s economy, while also providing jobs to the 1.5 million Syrian refugees residing in the country.