Recreational use and cultivation of cannabis will remain illegal, but the country aims to build a legal industry for medicinal and industrial purposes.
The Lebanese parliament on Tuesday passed legislation to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, a move that was recommended by economic advisers even before the coronavirus pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the Mediterranean nation's struggling economy.
The new law would not legalize marijuana for recreational use. Instead, it would allow for the plant to be grown for export for medicinal and industrial purposes. Under the new legislation, Lebanon would also aim to foster a new legal industry producing cannabis pharmaceutical items, including wellness products and CBD oil. Industrial products, such as fibers for textiles, could also be produced from the plant.
A worker cultivates plants at a cannabis plantation in the village of Yammouneh in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley on July 23, 2018.Hilal Khashan, a professor of political studies and public administration at the American University of Beirut, toldthat legalizing cannabis would not be nearly enough to address Lebanon's economic concerns. He also voiced skepticism that the government would be able to successfully implement the law, given Hezbollah's opposition.
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