Presenting the 2023/24 budget, Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat said the government would study cannabis farming for medicinal purposes. The line drew laughter in parliament, but activists called it the first time a sitting finance minister had put the idea in a budget. The finance minister gave no details of the study's scope or timing, and no bill was attached to the announcement.[1]
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References
- Kathmandu Post — 'Highly anticipated': Activists stoked as government announces feasibility study plan for medicinal marijuana (1 June 2023)Opening section and quote from Finance Minister Mahat
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