Government officials looking for legal avenue for marijuana
The Sri Lankan government is out to legalise marijuana for medical purposes. The plant, which is used in indigenous medicine, has many accepted applications in Sri Lanka, including treating high cholesterol, diabetes and arthritis, is currently not legal, though they are hoping to change this.
Their Ministry of Indigenous Medicine wants to get a government sponsorship to grow around 4000 kilograms of cannabis a year, to be used in traditional medicines. The main compound for a medicinal base is fresh marijuana fried in ghee, a sort of butter in wide use in Sri Lanka.
This campaign has been launched since practitioners of traditional medicine known as Ayurveda vastly outnumber western doctors on the island.
These practitioners are currently using stocks that are seized by police and other law-enforcement officers but is frequently dried. The medicinal uses call for fresh weed, since the juices that are extracted are made use of. If this decision is passed, Sri Lanka will join a select few who have legalised the controversial plant.
Brett Venter
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