Thursday, September 13, 2018

Health Minister To Send Indeginous Doctors To An International Cannabis Conference

While a Cabinet Paper has submitted to 
the Cabinet by  seeking approval to cultivate Cannabis locally for medicinal purposes ,Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has decided to send a group of Ayurveda /Paramparika Doctors to an International Cannabis Conference to be held in Israel Shortly .

Addressing a Provincial Council Health Minister s Summit held at National Blood Bank at Narahenpita this morning  (13) Health Minister has stressed that although inhaling Cannabis is bad for human health  using it as a medicine proven as have health benefits through experiments conducted in Western countries .

Countries like Canada and Britain had already removed the ban imposed on cultivation of  Cannabis for medicinal purposes and Canada has begun to produce nedicines by using Cannabis Minister has stated.

A programme will be implemented to take the illegal Cannabis cultivation Lands raided and taken in to custody by police under the Ayurveda Drug Corporation after consulting with Ministries of Judicial and Law and Order to facilitate using of Cannabis to  local Ayurveda drug production he has further said .

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