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Gandaki passed the cannabis law. The harder one comes next

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By Amrit Baral
| HT Syndication
Posted On: 2026-08-12 Posted By: Amrit Baral Health & Lifestyle Cities Real Estate & Construction EKantipur.com Newspapers Nepal, Aug. 12 -- On July 9, the Gandaki Province Assembly did something no Nepali legislature had managed since prohibition: It unanimously passed a bill licensing cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes. Province Chief Dilliraj Bhatta authenticated it on August 3.
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Gandaki passed the cannabis law. The harder one comes next

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By Amrit Baral
| The Kathmandu Post Verified
On July 9, the Gandaki Province Assembly did something no Nepali legislature had managed since prohibition: It unanimously passed a bill licensing cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes. Province Chief Dilliraj Bhatta authenticated it on August 3. No licence can be issued, however, until the Provincial Government makes rules under Section 31 of the bill and the ministry issues the standards beneath them. That drafting is where this policy will actually be decided.
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Whatever Nepal decides on cannabis, it should first document its landraces

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By Amrit Baral
| The Kathmandu Post Verified
Cannabis has been part of Nepal’s flora and rural economy for centuries, cultivated and semi-managed across hills long before it was prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act of 1976. Nepal is home to indigenous, locally adapted cannabis populations, i.e., landraces that remain poorly documented, and the policy shift now underway could eliminate them before science has had a chance to study them.
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