Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Raed Khoury called to legalize and grow cannabis instead of the failing tobacco crops. Khoury, interviewed on Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV on July 13, said that the legalization of cannabis and its growth for medicinal purposes would yield hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues. “The Beqaa region, which suffers from great problems, could be revived this way,” he said.