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Is medical marijuana the antidote to Lebanon’s trade deficit?
Ali Nasri Shamas holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle outside his hashish factory in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Shamas says the region's hash growers are ready to turn their weapons against any Islamic militants crossing the border from Syria.
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Lebanon’s drug lords say they’re ready to join the fight against ISIS