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Lebanon cannabis growers protest government crackdown

Weedah Hamzah

Sacramento Bee

Saturday 04 Aug 2012

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Protesters set up roadblocks and burned tires in Lebanon to protest a government campaign to destroy cannabis fields in the eastern Bekaa Valley, the state-run news agency reported on Saturday.

The protesters want the government to compensate them for the loss of illegal cannabis crops.

The Lebanese Army fired shots in the air in an attempt to disperse the protesters in the area of Yamouneh, where growers on Friday attacked Lebanese soldiers.

The Bekaa region is notorious for its cannabis and poppy cultivation, which was eradicated under a UN program in the early 1990s. Farmers have returned to drug cultivation in recent years.

Around 8,600 acres in the Bekaa region are believed to be used for the cultivation of cannabis.

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/04/4693119/lebanon-cannabis-growers-protest.html

 

 

 

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