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Cannabis - another disaster

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The government is planning to permit limited cultivation of Cannabis (Ganja) on state land especially for export on a “get rich quickly” system.

I quote excerpts from National Council for Mental Health of Sri Lanka website:
“In Sri Lanka, because of the large-scale production of cannabis, it is exported illegally to Australia and countries in Europe. Cannabis abuse has continued in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, the number of cannabis abusers has been estimated to be 200,000 in 1996.”

Many consider cannabis as a harmless Ayurvedic harmless healthy medicinal preparation. This is a total misconception. The empirical findings indicate that cannabis abuse (smoking/chewing) causes severe psychological and sociological ill effects.”
Do not make a repetition of unwise moves, if we want to stand up alone steadily. Do not be misled by a few unwise advisors. It is akin to legalizing brothels.

SUMITH de SILVA

Comments - 2

Gert Jan, the Netherlands Tuesday, 04 July 2023 09:48 AM

What a strange and superficial article. A lot of questions come up. Is Sumith de Silva an expert, what is his profession? Who is paying him, what are his interests, who did he consult, apart from the not updated website? The year 1996 is 27 years ago, what are the figures now? What makes him think legalizing cannabis is akin to legalizing sexworkers? Well?

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Silva Thursday, 06 July 2023 09:16 PM

Cannabis is used since thousand years and more for recreation, meditation and foremost healing. More than 200 diseases can be cured or patients can get relief. In the 30's the pharmaceutical industry, mainly Rockefeller in America started to buy politicians and doctors to demonize Cannabis with all kind of weird stories. Ultimately it was banned everywhere and they could sell their chemicals to people. This chemicals didn't cure people, they just keep them alive to have a continuous income. Ancient civilizations all over the world have used cannabis but suddenly it was bad. Fortunately many countries have lifted the ban and patients have again access to it. Some countries got very rich, like Canada, by growing it in green houses and exporting it. They make billions every year. But Sri Lanka is still listening to stubborn politicians, monks and so called specialists and again miss the train.

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