Kathmandu, 21 October: The Department of Ayurveda and Alternative Medicine said that ban on hemp at present obstructed in the manufacture of 21 Ayurvedic medicines. The companies using hemp as a raw material for producing Ayurvedic medicines have been hardest hit by the ban.
It was shared in a discussion and consultation meeting with multi-stakeholders held by the Nepal Health Research Council and with the experts of the Policy Research Institute here today. Participating in the interaction themed ‘Legalization of Hemp Farming in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges’ were various organizations working for prevention and control of narcotic drugs, association related to rehabilitation centres, officials from the Drug Control Section under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal Law Commission, lawyers, professors, Armed Police Force and civic societies’ representatives among others.
Researchers of the Nepal Health Research Council had presented paper illustrating the medicinal value of hemp while Policy Research Academy’s experts had presented working paper on the economic importance of hemp farming and its social aspects.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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