A village in Lebanon, where cannabis grows everywhere, has long counted on hashish for income. But the country’s economic crisis has farmers reconsidering the crop. By Ben Hubbard YAMOUNEH ...

Lebanese Red and Blonde hash varieties are world-renowned, and Lebanon’s hash farmers have long been well-armed to defend their crops from government destruction.

Lebanese police estimate that some 16,000 acres (6,500 hectares) of hashish and a small amount of opium poppies were planted this year on the sun-baked plain of the northern Bekaa.

YAMOUNEH, Lebanon — In a Lebanese farming village of rocky soil and stone villas, cannabis grows everywhere. It fills the fields that surround the village and lines nearby roads where the army ...

Add Lebanon to the list of societies contemplating legalizing cannabis. The indebted nation could benefit financially, but legalization could create complications for Hezbollah, which draws ...

Lebanon has legalized marijuana farming — already a thriving illicit industry — in hopes of giving a boost to its foundering economy. ... Lebanese hash.

Sitka produces a few different versions of hash, all of which are rich and tasty. Lebanese Gold is a mix of sativa strains. Lebanese Red is a mix of indica strains.

Wading through a fertile field in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, ... Lebanon: Hash Makes A Comeback. Published Sep 16, 2001 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 8:38 PM EST. By Newsweek Staff .

Hashish is illegal in Lebanon, so Um Mohammed's Lebanese employer only gives his middle name, Ali. He says the authorities turn a blind eye to vast fields of the crop, which help fuel a ...

During the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), Bekaa farmers and drug traders made about $500 million a year off hash, but under pressure from the US, a reconstituted Lebanese government took military ...