Former Lebanese president calls on citizens to smoke hashish

Former Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called on Friday for citizens of the country to smoke hashish and adopt a “hash culture”, Almesryoon.com has reported.

“Oh Lebanese, turn to the culture of hash, chanting: our hash is the best,” Suleiman wrote on Twitter. “Lebanon, which exported the alphabets which were the basis of the cultures of nations, will not find solutions for its economy except after exporting hash.”

هلمّوا ايها اللبنانيون الى ثقافة الحشيشة هاتفين ” حشيشتنا احلى حشيشة”

— Michel Sleiman (@SleimanMichel) September 21, 2018

This prompted an incredulous response from his followers on the social media giant. “We hope that you remained president… Now, we discovered that you were smoking hash… Are you sure you were the president of our republic?” asked one.

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