Boy helping with the ganja harvest- Nepal 1973

            The picture was taken in November 1973 with a Minolta SRT 101, 135mm lens and scanned from Kodachrome slide film with Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED.
Cannabis has been grown in Nepal, in both wild and cultivated varieties, for an extremely long time; but its uses, and attitudes toward them, have begun to change in recent years. All dealers' licenses were revoked on July 16, 1973, and at present it is illegal to buy, sell, or cultivate (but not to use) cannabis. Three factors contributed to this government crackdown: (1) Nepalese alarm that their own youth were being corrupted by cannabis; (2) United Nations pressure to join other "respectable" nations in outlawing cannabis; and (3) U. S. pressure for narcotic control. Despite the loss of tax revenues by the government and profits by farmers and dealers, there has been little critical response to the new restrictions.
It appears possible that the restrictions  are widely ignored.
   

Taken in: Nepal / Pashchimanchal / Sikha (show map)

Taken on: March 22, 2013

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Camera: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Aperture 3.2.3
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