President Ranil Wickremesinghe, presenting the 2023 budget, said an expert committee would examine producing cannabis, which he called Triloka Wijayapathra, purely for export. The announcement gave no legal route, licence or timeline, and domestic use stayed prohibited. It kept the export idea alive without creating a market.[1]
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References
- EconomyNext — Sri Lanka budget 2023 to smoke out cannabis export chances (14 November 2022)Budget speech; expert committee; Triloka Wijayapathra; export-only purpose.
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