As a part of our personal archiving project, we add yet another article to the compilation detailing the “Buds of Bekaa”, this time a 2001 piece from Newsweek Magazine . . .
Lebanon: Hash Makes A Comeback
The Bekaa Valley Regains Its Outlaw Reputation
NEWSWEEK
Sep 17, 2001 Issue
Abu Ali is back in business. Wading through a fertile [...]
Returning to our on-going personal project, archiving stories about hashish in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, here’s a piece from the British press that was printed late last year . . .
The dimly lit basement reeks of hashish. Piled high along a wall are dozens of large white sacks filled with the leaves and seeds of the [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>With this posting we descend into what might be considered “policy wonk” material. The following analysis of the Bekaa Valley’s role in the geopolitical struggle between Israel and Hezbollah originated from Strategic Forecasting Inc.1
The Bekaa’s Crucial Role in the Israeli-Hezbollah Fight
August 2, 2006 | 0350 GMT
Summary
Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley will play a critical role [...]
As a part of our current research project, we are attempting to archive as broad a perspective as possible concerning the the production of Lebanese hashish in the 21st century. We see this as a way to seek our own understanding of the complex issues surrounding this topic.
As a part of working to tell [...]
We’ve archived a good number of perspectives on the resurgence of the “Buds of Bekaa”, and many of those articles have included quotes and sympathetic coverage of Bekaa’s farmers, but none of the articles have been written completely from the Lebanese perspective.
Thanks to the Internet, it’s possible to provide a unique Lebanese perspective from Ya [...]
Here’s yet another addition to our ongoing look at Lebanese Hashish, from Issue #191, 6/22/01 - Drug War Chronicle
Return of the Repressed: Hash Production Revives in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Farmers Vow to Fight Eradication
6/22/01
For hundreds of years, the Bekaa Valley on the Lebanese-Syrian border was known for its luxuriant cannabis crops, most destined to [...]
As we mentioned previously, there have been a number of prior programs attempting to offer alternatives to hashish production for farmers in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The following New York Times article details an attempt earlier this decade to bring dairy farming to that region.
Cattlemen In Lebanon Miss Lucre Of Hashish
By NEIL MACFARQUHAR
April [...]
Continuing our look back at the most recent historical spike in the production of Lebanese hashish, we’ll continue with another addition to the archive of articles from 2001. . .
Lebanon: Hashish Grows Again In The Fields Of Lebanon
Why Farmers In Hermel Have More Faith In ‘Gold’ Than Government
Sun, 01 Jul 2001
by Robert Fisk
originally [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>Since we’ve been giving a bit of attention to “Cannabis/Hashish in Lebanon” here at the Cannabis Chronicle of late, it seems only natural to put last year’s hash harvest into a bit better perspective. With that in mind, it should be obvious to those who know us that we’d like to share a bit [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>In a posting last fall here at the 3LB’s Cannabis Chronicles - More Buds in Bekaa - we detailed (with the help of a Christian Science Monitor article) the return of hashish production to Lebanon’s Bekaa valley. We also recently found a Dutch blogger who related much the same story - Revisiting Lebanon’s [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>LUI Day 90
here’s a peek at day 90 . . . these babes are a couple days into their 8th week
and harvest is looking closer and closer . . .
thanks again for everyone who’s chirped in . . . certainly this LUI grow has been
a real labor of love . . [...]
LUI Day 89
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LUI Day 89 - LUI 10__ here’s the first in a series of individual LUI portraits . . .
LUI Day 89 - LUI 12 __ the 2nd in the LUI portrait series . . .
LUI Day 89 - LUI 2 ___ the 3rd of the LUI’s . [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>LUI’s Day 88 . . . and a “bird’s eye” view down at the smallest of the LUI on day
88 . . . their 49th day of bloom . . . completing their 7th week of bloom! they
are starting to look very tempting . . . even [...]
LUI Day 85
the colas keep putting on weight . . . a good friend (our wingman) told us we’d be
amazed at the way these babes continued to pack on the weight up to the end . . .
and as usual, he was absolutely correct . . . this is day 46 [...]
