Govt to formulate law for commercial cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes
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The government is to allow the commercial cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Presenting the annual budget for the fiscal year 2024/25 in the joint meeting of the federal Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, Finance Minister Barshaman Pun announced that a law would be formulated to allow the commercial cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
It was announced in the previous budget also that a law would be formulated for marijuana farming.
Earlier, lawmaker Sher Bahadur Tamang had registered a bill related to marijuana farming.
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