Interestingly the Hezbollah have become involved in the issue of Farmers in the Lebanon, fighting for the right to grow hash, like they had been doing for hundreds of years. The finest hash in the world (some may argue) was produced there once. When the civil war broke out cannabis derivatives were already illegal in many european coutries and hash farming exploded to fund the warring parties, since the profits:acreage ratio had suddenly become astronomical.
The demand for illegal drugs fuels a cash pipeline from which many human killing scum feed their hateful enterprises.
The demand for legal drugs fuels a multibillion dollar industry from which valuable and life saving research springs forth.
I'm all for the consumer capitalist model in this case, but free trade should mean exactly that.
Anyways, it's a bit of a pet subject so I'd better sit back in case I start ranting.
