Law Regulating the Cultivation of Lebanese Cannabis

Type

Law

Date of the text

20/08/1956

Official Gazette

published in 1956

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This law regulates cultivation of Syrian hemp in Lebanon by requiring prior authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture, and sets conditions for applications, deposits, penalties and destruction of unlicensed crops, while amending provisions of the 1946 narcotics law.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1956. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.