Lebanon
Asia
#88 of 196 worldwide
#11 of 48 in Asia
A 2020 law legalised cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, with slow implementation. Recreational use is illegal despite the Bekaa Valley's famous hashish.
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Possession · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Personal use and possession are crimes under the 1998 narcotics law, punishable by three months to three years in prison and a fine. The law allows treatment as an alternative to prosecution, but arrests of users remain common.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Unlicensed cultivation is a crime, yet hashish farming in the Bekaa Valley is a decades-old open secret, periodically raided.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10adds 4.0 of 20 points
Users are jailed, often in pre-trial detention, while large growers have historically enjoyed protection.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Trafficking carries long prison sentences.
Consumption · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Use is a criminal offence.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
No legal source.
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Law 178 of April 2020 legalised licensed cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, aimed at export and recommended by consultants as a way to revive the economy. Implementation stalled for years; a regulatory authority was only appointed in 2025.
The 2020 law concerns production for export; no domestic patient programme is operating.
A drug record affects employment and travel.
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