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Originally Posted by sabas
I think I met you in Kathmandu in the mid-70s.
There were some guys making oil. Tommy was the oldest "brother".
I lived in Mayor Mr. Brilsingh's compound at Swayambhu.
Just recently I have wondered if in a few year things might change, allowing Nepal to as least play a role as a medical cannabis exporter. The new drug czar indicates he favors diplomacy over armed interference and is interesting in seeking new way for drug producing nations to develop legal industries.
How do the Maoist view the hash trade? Are foreigners actually being busted for smoking hash or possessing smaller quantities?
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SABAS: I first visited NEpal in 1998. There are ALOT of guys making hash in Kathmandu! Swayambhu is just a mile from my house. I have lived in Nepal off and on for the last 10 years. The maoist are actually ganja farmers themselves. Taking 99% of the profits to pump into their regime. Especially in the remote villages where there are huge field of cannabis, not just hemp but ganja as well. Most of these places are under taxation from the maoist. Whether its hemp or ganja. If you bringing an oxcart full of hemp to KTM, you gonna be taxed. The Hash trade is one of the biggest in the world. Since the USA made it illegal in 74' , the king was found guilty of smuggling in to the USA with the NEpalese soccer team, they were busted in LA. HEnce the urgent action to stop it. I think once the USA makes hemp/cannabis a viable commodity , then it should be potential globally, however, most countries allow the industrial farming of hemp except the USA. Nepal being a top producer. But as for ganja, it's already a "TOLERATED" substance in Nepal, cops do NOT go around raiding people homes for having ganja growing in their courtyard, in fact , alot of cops smoke hash. I would have to say at least 80% of the villages i have been to have at least one plant growing next the banana tree! I have seen plants growing right next to a police check point , I don't even think they knew what they were standing next too! So with a new attitude in America , I think cannabis will be a new "tourist trap" for NEpal, it sorta already is, but infuse a few coffee shops like Amsterdam and you'll have the "BEST" place in the world for a cannabis vacation. It's definatly one of the safest and "cannabis freindly" places I haev lived BY FAR. THE ONLY REASON A TOURIST IS harassed for cannabis is if they are smuggling it out of NEpal, other than that, SMOKE ON! No one cares if the westerner is smoking it, it's what they all expect anyway!