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Sri Lanka says police can arrest unauthorised holders of Ayurvedic cannabis

After Yukthiya raids on Ayurvedic practitioners, the Ayurveda Commissioner General said only registered institutions and pharmacies may hold cannabis medicines, that prescriptions are required, and that police may prosecute possession outside those conditions. The statement followed complaints that the crackdown had treated traditional medicines as recreational drugs.

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After Yukthiya raids on Ayurvedic practitioners, the Ayurveda Commissioner General said only registered institutions and pharmacies may hold cannabis medicines, that prescriptions are required, and that police may prosecute possession outside those conditions. The statement followed complaints that the crackdown had treated traditional medicines as recreational drugs. It confirmed that the Ayurvedic route is a narrow institutional channel, not a general licence to possess cannabis.[1]

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  1. ‘Police can nab illegal Ayurveda drug possession’: Ayurveda CG (15 February 2024). The Morning. Ayurveda Commissioner General Dammika Abeygunawardana; registered institutions and pharmacies only; prescriptions required; police enforcement..

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