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Nepal's supreme court orders government to regulate cannabis cultivation

Waiting for draft regulations

Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to write rules allowing licensed cannabis cultivation for medicine, science, agriculture, horticulture and industry. The ruling was issued on May 18, 2025, but its full text became public only this week, after a fire destroyed court documents during the September 2025 protests that toppled the government.

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Licensing and compliance costs must also be realistic for small farmers, or the people who have kept this industry alive could be left outside the new system.

from Nepal's supreme court orders government to regulate cannabis cultivation · Updated 2 hours ago

Will have to see how the three-month period goes.

from Nepal's supreme court orders government to regulate cannabis cultivation · Updated 2 hours ago