Dec. 27, 2022, Colombo: The National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) Chairman, Dr. Samadhi Rajapaksa, condemned the proposal to legalize cannabis for export purposes, claiming that no country in the world has developed by exporting cannabis. He told a news conference that the claim that it was only for export purposes was to hoodwink the people. “This tag ‘only for export purposes will go away soon. There will be people smoking Cannabis in every junction.
I challenge anyone to prove with examples if any country in the world has earned dollars and developed by exporting cannabis as refined oil or as a medicine,” he said.
The National Dangerous Drugs Control Board Chairman Sakya Nanayakkara said Sri Lanka hadn’t passed any laws to export cannabis.
He said Sri Lanka has entered into three international agreements regarding drugs and that Sri could not either export or import any part of cannabis or refined product of cannabis according to the three agreements.
