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Eradication

Coming soon to a Washington state retail store near you.
Coming soon to a Washington state retail store near you.

Chronicle AM -- November 21, 2013

Movement toward legal marijuana commerce continues in Washington, movement toward dispensaries continues in Massachusetts, medical marijuana polls very well in Florida, and more.
coca leaf statues in Peruvian village (Phillip Smith)
coca leaf statues in Peruvian village (Phillip Smith)

Peru Retakes Spot as World's #1 Coca Producer

Repress it in one place, it pops up in another. Peru has regained its place as the world's leading coca producer as a decade of eradication and fumigation takes its toll on the Colombian crop.
marijuana field, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (wikimedia.org)
marijuana field, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (wikimedia.org)

De Facto Hash Truce in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

There will be no meaningful effort to eradicate Lebanese marijuana fields this year. The security situation is too tense, financial compensation for last year hasn't appeared, and the farmers are too angry. Hash heads from Cairo to Ankara to Berlin are smiling.
coca leaf statures, Rio Apurimac Valley (stopthedrugwar.org)
coca leaf statures, Rio Apurimac Valley (stopthedrugwar.org)

Peru Coca Crop Keeps Getting Bigger

Coca production is up in Peru for the sixth year in a row, responding to thriving demand from Brazil and Europe. Colombia is barely holding on to first place now.
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Drug War Chronicle Book Review: The Lebanese Connection

With The Lebanese Connection, global drug trade scholar Jonathan Marshall has made an important contribution to the literature -- not only of the drug trade, but also of the Middle East, terrorism, covert operations, and failed states.
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Book Review: The FARC

If you're interested in Colombia, coca and cocaine, and leftist guerrilla armies, we have a book for you.
A Lebanese marijuana plot before being burned by eradicators (wikimedia.org)
A Lebanese marijuana plot before being burned by eradicators (wikimedia.org)

Lebanon Hashish Eradication Hits New Obstacle

Lebanon's annual effort to wipe out hashish production is having a particularly rocky time this year. On Tuesday, eradicators were stuck without bulldozers after locals refused to rent to them. At least no one was shooting at them this week.