Lebanese authorities destroy opium fields

May 27, 2010 ⋅ 7:16 pm ⋅ Post a comment

Filed Under Bekaa Valley, drugs, Lebanon, Opium

Security forces on Wednesday began destroying poppy fields in eastern Lebanon in a campaign aimed at stamping out drug production.

Voice of Lebanon radio said the destruction of the fields in the barren terrains of Hermel began in the morning and will continue until police eradicate remaining plantations in the area.

The Bekaa valley became notorious for its production of opium, the source of heroin, during the 1975-90 civil war but cultivation was largely eradicated by the government in the early 1990s.

However, the failure of alternative crops to generate income for farmers has led some to begin sowing poppies again in recent years.

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Tony A

IDIOTS. YOU CAN EASILY REGULATE AND MONITOR THESE FIELDS AND MAKE LEBANON AN EXPORTER OF THIS AMAZING PLANT FOR MEDICAL USAGE. IT MIGHT NOT BE AS PROFITABLE BUT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FARMERS EVERYTHING IS STUPID.

MAKE SOME MONEY BETTER THAN NOTHING. THE POPPY SEED IS USED IN MANY OPERATING ROOMS AND THERAPIES
Rabih

they grow these fields and then burn the crop after they pick the poppy off and sell it just to look like they are working. Hizbolla control the drugs in lebanon and if a field is burned its either already picked or the owner is not paying his taxes. I go hunting near the syrian border and see popy fields all over the place.
Kareem

I’m sure they take the crops off and then burn it. The drug trade in Lebanon is so prominent for so long, they’re definitely not easily going to be burnt.
Tony A

i’ve noticed there’s no birds in lebanon from all the uncontrolled hunting that goes on.
Rabih

I hunt wild bore at night. Brids are too small.

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