Nepal

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• Section 3(a)(7) — what counts as a narcotic drug

  Any natural or synthetic narcotic drug or psychotropic substances and their salts and other substances as may be specified by the Government of Nepal by a notification published in the Nepal Gazette, from time to time

• Section 4 — prohibited acts

  No person shall: (a) Cultivate, produce, prepare, purchase, sell, distribute, export or import, conduct any trafficking, store, or consume cannabis/ marijuana, (b) Cultivate opium or coca or produce opium or coca leaves or other narcotic drugs, (c) Manufacture or prepare narcotic drugs, (d) Sell or distribute narcotic drugs, (e) Export or import narcotic drugs, (f) Purchase, store, possess, or conduct any trafficking narcotic drugs, (g) Consume narcotic drugs other than cannabis/ marijuana.

• Section 14(1)(a) — penalty for consuming cannabis

  Anyone who consumes cannabis/ marijuana shall be punished with an imprisonment for a term up to one month or with a fine unto two thousand rupees.

• Section 14(1)(e) — penalty for consuming other narcotic drugs

  Anyone who consumes opium, coca or any other narcotic drugs made therefrom shall be punished with an imprisonment for a term of upto one year or with a fine upto ten thousand rupees.