More than two dozen countries around the world punish drug possession and sale with a death sentence. Among them, Saudi Arabia has some of the harshest laws against cannabis.
Selling marijuana or hash is almost always punishable by death.
Those laws caught up with four members of the same extended family, executed Wednesday for drugs possession, including large quantities of hashish.
Hashish is a concentrated form of cannabis made from compressed trichomes.
While Saudi Arabia did not disclose the amount of hashish recovered, officials announced this week that four men were beheaded by sword in the city of Najran. Full story...
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Selling marijuana or hash is almost always punishable by death.
Those laws caught up with four members of the same extended family, executed Wednesday for drugs possession, including large quantities of hashish.
Hashish is a concentrated form of cannabis made from compressed trichomes.
While Saudi Arabia did not disclose the amount of hashish recovered, officials announced this week that four men were beheaded by sword in the city of Najran. Full story...
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