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|date=2018-09-18
|category=Policy
|title=Sri Lanka launches first cannabis plantation to export to the US
|summary=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/
|country=Sri Lanka
|admin1=Western Province
|admin2=Kalutara District
|locality=Ingiriya
|coordinates=6.75, 80.23
}}
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[[Has event date::2018-09-18]]
[[Has event category::Policy]]
[[Has event headline::Sri Lanka launches first cannabis plantation to export to the US]]
[[Has event summary::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.]]
[[Has source URL::https://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sri-lanka-launches-first-cannabis-plantation-to-export-to-the-us/]]
[[Has country::Sri Lanka]]
[[Has admin subdivision 1::Western Province]]
[[Has admin subdivision 2::Kalutara District]]
[[Has locality::Ingiriya]]
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