In Nepal, cannabis isn鈥檛 just a plant鈥攊t鈥檚 sacred. Every year during Shiva Ratri, over a million devotees gather to honor Shiva, the god of creation, by lighting up at Kathmandu鈥檚 holiest temple. But outside of this one day a year, cannabis remains illegal鈥攁 law rooted in the US-led War on Drugs, which pressured Nepal to abandon its ancient traditions in the 1970s.
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