HEZBOLLAH'S DRUG TRAFFICKING

Hezbollah: New Meaning to Grass Roots Support (BackSpin)
As Lebanon deteriorates, profit-seeking farmers are growing more and more marijuana. The Christian Science Monitor finds that Hezbollah doesn’t object:

The northern part of the Bekaa Valley – where the bulk of the marijuana is grown – is dominated by Lebanon's militant Shiite Hizbullah party. Hizbullah officially disapproves of drug production, but it has chosen to turn a blind eye to the practice rather than risk a confrontation over the issue with its grass-roots supporters.

Indeed, Hizbullah in the past has co-opted cross-border drug smuggling networks between Lebanon and Israel, allowing narcotics to flow south into the Jewish state in exchange for intelligence gathered by Israeli drug dealers.

Here's how some Israelis fought back last year: with an hashish boycott.