Sri Lanka’s first cannabis-infused chocolate produced

February 09, 2023

Sri Lanka’s first cannabis-infused chocolate has been produced by a local ayurvedic drug manufacturing company called Ape Beheth Holdings led by Dananjaya Weerasuriya who hails from a family of traditional ayurvedic practitioners. A limited number of chocolate bars called Crush produced as part of research conducted by the company is now available for purchase and is being marketed as Ayurvedic medicinal chocolate including medicinal plants such as cannabis, ashwagandha, valmi and others.