Chef Binod Baral - Time to think and debate about self sufficient

PM Oli is talking about thousand Dollars of Turmeric, I'm not talking about Millions, I'm talking about Billion Dollar of Gaja ( Marijuana ).

Why not Nepal legalised and regulated cannabis farming export for medical use in bid to beat current economic crisis.

It must be best and different kind from Himalayas , Mountainous and Terai Region.

Research reportedly estimated that the industry could generate as much as $1bn annually.

Norway, the Netherlands and Portugal - it is legal to consume small amounts of marijuana.

In Australia, Puerto Rico, Poland, Czech Republic, Canada, Croatia and Macedonia it is legal for medicinal purposes in some form, and in Turkey for the cultivation for the same purpose.

In Uruguay, Spain, Slovenia, Netherlands, Jamaica, Columbia, Chile and the US states Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts,Minnesota, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio Oregon and Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont it is legal or decriminalised in some form.

In Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia marijuana is legal on medical grounds.

Canada legalised Marijuana.

Time to think and debate about it.

By Binod Baral
(He is renown Nepalese Chef in London )