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What are the effects of cannabis legislation on the rest of agriculture?

Legislation on cannabis cultivation became the official and popular interest of this period, after receiving the green light to advance this project. What are the effects of cannabis legislation on other crops? How will the codification, control and production processes take place?
MP Antoine Habashi today introduced a bill to amend certain provisions and articles of Law 673/98 on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with a view to converting this agriculture to alternative crops.

In this context, Habashi badured the republic We have been working for about two months with specialists from the pharmaceutical industry to find an effective alternative agriculture in the field of treatment and medicine and to introduce this agriculture and its integration into the economic movement.

H "After the registration of the bill we submitted, we will present it to all parliamentary blocs, which we will meet successively to put the record on track."

He answered a question that the conditions of licensing Companies go to the Ministry of Health and the Council of Ministers grants them a license. After the company has acquired a license that becomes responsible to the farmer, he gives him a license for farming after checking his land to see if it is valid for this type of business. agriculture.It determines the area and quantity you want.The licensed company gives the seeds to get the seedlings you want.

The license granted by the farmer allows the cultivation of 15 acres to 15 dunums of this plant. Habashi explained that planted herbs are outlawed and are not necessary for medical purposes.However, if a law is pbaded on alternative agriculture legislation for medical purposes, the approved company (which can be several companies) will provide seeds for this crop. Medically, she will be the first beneficiary. He pointed out that chickens that are grown today contain a double amount of medically necessary medicine, so it is not suitable for medical purposes and until now there are two plants that meet for the purpose: CBD and THC

At the merchants' mercy, they will have the opportunity to continue their work and talk about it

. "We stress the need for the state to follow a strategy encouraging farmers to stay on their land.Apple growers and securing markets for the disposal of their products do not turn into alternative crops, note

In response to a question, Habashi said that it was too early to talk about the size of the land that is suitable for these crops or the amount of production expected.But it is certainly more than twice as much than what he is currently sowing.

Hoyek
For his part, the president of the Farmers' Association Antoine Al-Hawayek pointed out that the legislation on cannabis cultivation is not a technical as much as political and related to the capacity of the company. Lebanese state to extend its sovereignty throughout its territory without exception. He told the "Republic": If the state gave a license to one of the farmers to cultivate 50 acres of hashish and that he planted 100 acres, the state will be able to he destroy the remaining 50 acres?

Therefore, in our view, the Cannabis Plantation Act requires firstly that the state be able to apply the law and extend its authority over all its territory, and not to restrict licenses to applicable areas.

The most important example is that of agricultural cultivation in the interest of agricultural scientific research in Tel Amara in 2011, which conducted a limited experiment in cooperation with UNDP to study the relevance of the adaptation of industrial cannabis to the Lebanese nature.

and Ai hemp is the same plant from which cannabis is extracted, but with less content than the drug tetrahydrobenphenol, so that its percentage in synthetic cannabis does not exceed 1%. During the testing period, however, the project team was subjected to intimidation by cannabis growers, who opposed the industrial cannabis harvest and seized the crop by the force of arms, thinking that it was the type of goods. When they discovered that they did not contain the amount of medication needed, they tried to return it but the team preferred to abandon it and study it. How will the state act today if this incident is repeated under cannabis legislation? "In our opinion, any organization or legislation does not make sense if there is no state capacity to enforce the law."

Al-Hawayek answered a question if his hibiscus, which will be planted for medicinal purposes, is different On comparison of cultivation of cannabis and tobacco growing, he explains: "When the state grants tobacco licenses, he buys tobacco at a higher price than in the world market, The farmer is forced to sell the state to earn more, and the same applies to wheat As for hemp If the state decides to buy it at a lower price than the market price, it will be sold to black market merchants.

Heather grows in many types of farmland. Above all, but there is no doubt that the majority of Lebanon's land, especially the plains, conducive to the cultivation of cannabis. The herbaceous crop is a wild plant that grows in many types of soil that require a small amount of water and do not require attention. And the price of the seeds is cheap and extracted by the farmer himself from the prophecy, so his cost is low and estimated at $ 80 per dunam. The production of irrigated green forage dung (Khdair) is about two quintals and the price of kantar is $ 150 to $ 500 depending on supply and demand, ease of contraband and manufacturing and damage caused by security forces. He added: The beetle (1200 grams) of processed hash is sold for $ 200 and sometimes up to $ 500. The seasons of the sale of green hectares (Khdair) between 500 and one thousand dollars.