Lebanon Is Set To Become The First Arab Country To Legalise Medical Marijuana

Lebanon has become the first Arab country to legalise cannabis farming for medical and industrial purposes – a move that could generate lucrative exports and foreign currency as the country struggles to cope with a financial crisis.

Although growing the plant was previously illegal, cannabis has long been farmed openly in the fertile and impoverished Bekaa Valley.

According to the United Nations, the country is the world’s third-largest supplier of cannabis resin, or hashish, after Morocco and Afghanistan.

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