Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popular pit stop on the overland "hippie trail".
Washington s global war on drugs, and its accompanying pressure on foreign governments, had prompted the closure of Kathmandu s marijuana dispensaries in 1973.N
With Western countries easing prohibitions on marijuana, the government in Nepal and legal reform campaigners say it is time to stop criminalising a potent cash crop.
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