In 2008, authorities in Lebanon seized 400 ecstasy tablets.

In 2009, 17,312 ecstasy tablets were seized.

Source: AFP, “Ecstasy a growing rave in Lebanon drug market,” Google News, July 1, 2010.

Out of a population of 4 million, there are an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 drug addicts in Lebanon. Most of the addicts are between the ages of 15 to 25.

Source:  AFP, “Ecstasy a growing rave in Lebanon drug market,” Google News, July 1, 2010.

The Lebanese Government losses an estimated $87.5 Million a year (between $75 to $100 Million) to counterfeiting, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization, “Country Focus: Meeting IP Challenges in Lebanon,” WIPO Magazine, September 2005.

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in the Middle East.

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Source:  UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Heroin in the Middle East.

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Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.

The United States Trade Representative reported that copyright based industries lost an estimated $31 million in Lebanon,  compared to $26.8 million in 2007 and $25.6 million in 2006.

Source:  “US keeps Lebanon on ‘Watch List’ for piracy, copyright infringement,” Daily Star, June 02, 2009.

According to the IFPI, more than half of all movies, music, and software sold in Lebanon are pirated.  The high rate of counterfeiting occurring within the country is preventing Lebanon from joining the World Trade Organization.  

Source: AFP, “Piracy sinking Lebanon cinema, music, cable industry,” Google News, February 20, 2009.