Demand to Legalize Marijuana

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Demand to Legalize Marijuana

February 21: A parliamentarian of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has demanded that the government lift the ban on marijuana.

In a meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Birodh Khatiwada of NCP demanded to lift the ban on marijuana. Speaking at the House meeting, Khatiwada said that cannabis is legal in developed countries like the United States of America, Canada, Thailand, among others.

“Why don’t we legalize cannabis in Nepal?” he questioned, adding that marijuana has been a source of income in the developed economies, while people in Nepal face legal actions for producing marijuana.

He further added that marijuana is destroyed in Nepal but ironically Singha Durbar-based Vaidyakhana – the state-run manufacturer of Aayurvedic and herbal medicines – imports marijuana from the foreign market.

Marijuana was legal in Nepal 40 years ago, but the herb was banned in the country in 1977 after pressure from the United States of America.    

 

 

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