Left to flourish, cannabis farms see profits fall

Farmers’ cannabis crops are no longer targeted by the Army
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Monday, November 17, 2014

For the second year in a row, cannabis farmers in the Bekaa Valley have been able to reap their harvests without being harassed or prosecuted by the security forces. But now farmers are facing a new problem: a flooded market and falling prices. The northern Bekaa Valley has been subjected to shelling and threats of attacks by the Syrian rebels, and as a result, the Army and other security forces have been forced to concentrate their efforts on neutralizing the security and military danger posed by the rebels in this area.