After Russell Pasha complained to the League of Nations that Lebanon was producing fifty to sixty tonnes of Egypt-bound hashish a year, the French authorities issued a new decree on narcotics regulations for Syria and Lebanon, closer to the 1925 Geneva convention, created an anti-drug squad in the Sûreté Générale and stepped up the destruction of fields. Egypt reported fewer Syrian arrivals, but by 1939 Russell was again complaining that Lebanon's governing classes were planting vast areas of hemp.[1]
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References
- Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and IsraelHaggai Ram · Stanford University Press · 2020 · Chapter 1, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine Step In · ISBN 9781503613928
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