Lebanon will legalize growing marijuana after McKinsey evaluated it as a boost for the country's troubled economy
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- Lebanon is legalizing medical marijuana cultivation in an effort to boost the country's troubled economy.
- The moves comes after a report from McKinsey & Company that evaluated the economic impact of legalizing cannabis in the country.
- Since Canada legalized marijuana, countries around the world are seeking to get a slice of what some predict will be a $32 billion global market by 2022.
Lebanon wants a piece of the red-hot global cannabis market.
The Middle Eastern nation is preparing to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical use in an effort to boost its troubled economy, Lebanon's House Speaker told US ambassador Elizabeth Richard on Tuesday, according to the country's official news agency. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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