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The Potential Transformation of Lebanon with Cannabis

Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley is among the most fertile regions in the Middle East. The town of Brital is a contradiction of ostentatious riches and extreme poverty. Tired old vans share potholed roads with gleaming Range Rovers and Bentleys with blacked-out windows and no number plates. Despite rife unemployment, huge gated mansions dot the landscape. Some of the most powerful pot-growing families in Lebanon live in Brital. They grow weed crops openly in nearby fields and own an arsenal of weaponry that puts them out of reach of the law. Over the years, it has become a no-go zone, but if economists and consultants get what they want, the entire Bekaa Valley, including Brital, will become a billion-dollar legal marijuana industry. The Lebanese government is studying proposals to legalize the cultivation of medical cannabis for export. The plan forms part of a package of reforms proposed by global consultancy firm McKinsey …

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