News:2018-09-18/Policy/sri-lanka-launches-first-cannabis-plantation-to-export-to-the-us

18 September 2018

Policy

Sri Lanka·Western Province·Kalutara District·Ingiriya

Sri Lanka launches first cannabis plantation to export to the US

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne announced Sri Lanka's first legal cannabis plantation — a proposed 100-acre farm at Ingiriya, 60 km southeast of Colombo, projected to produce over 25 tonnes annually for export to the US medicinal market. Senaratne cited the same supply problem raised since 2016: traditional Ayurvedic medicine depended on court-seized cannabis that was typically four to five years old and had lost its effectiveness. The surplus would be exported to meet "high demand" for alternative medicine in US states where medical marijuana was legal.

Source: https://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sri-lanka-launches-first-cannabis-plantation-to-export-to-the-us/

2018-09-18 Policy Sri Lanka launches first cannabis plantation to export to the US Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne announced Sri Lanka's first legal cannabis plantation — a proposed 100-acre farm at Ingiriya, 60 km southeast of Colombo, projected to produce over 25 tonnes annually for export to the US medicinal market. Senaratne cited the same supply problem raised since 2016: traditional Ayurvedic medicine depended on court-seized cannabis that was typically four to five years old and had lost its effectiveness. The surplus would be exported to meet "high demand" for alternative medicine in US states where medical marijuana was legal. https://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sri-lanka-launches-first-cannabis-plantation-to-export-to-the-us/ Sri Lanka Western Province Kalutara District Ingiriya