brewer, United Brewery, in 2005. Asia Pacific Breweries is a Singaporean-based joint venture between Heineken International and Fraser and Neave. It has a brewery in Mawathagama where it produces a range of King beers, including Bison XXtra, Kings Lager, Kings Pilsner and Kings Stout. The country's third and smallest brewer is the McCallum Brewery, which was established in 1963 in Meegoda. In 2011 the brewery was acquired by Cargills Ceylon PLC. It produces a number of lagers, ales and stouts, notably Three Coins and Sando Stout. Herbals Cannabis Cannabis is widely consumed in Sri Lanka due to its historic use in traditional medicine and religious festivities. It was also given a boost culturally due to the booming opium trade during colonialism, though nevertheless the product was banned during the latter stages of colonialism and furthermore subject to UN sanctions. It has however remained in use through this period as part of religious/celebratory customs and traditional medicine. The only legal method for a common person to obtain cannabis is through a licensed traditional medicine shop, and often cannabis will only be sold as part of a mixture/solution containing other herbs. These medicine shops obtain cannabis from the Ministry of Health, mostly sourced from the seizures of illegal cannabis by the police. Legality Cannabis is criminalized under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1935 but it has been amended several times to allow the medical and scientific use of what is calls 'hemp' for 'galenical' purposes, the latter term translating roughly to the use of herbs to create medicines. It is notable that these 'galenical medicines' include products that can induce euphoria and heightening sexual satisfaction. Its consumption and sale has further been legalized under the Ayurveda Act, which allows traditional medicine practitioners and herbal shops to legally sell hemp to consumers as long as they have a valid ayurvedic license. The herbal shops are only allowed to obtain hemp through the Ministry of Health, which in turn obtains the drug from the police (seizures of illegally imported drugs) or from government-sanctioned cannabis farms on the island. Use The cannabis infusion Madana Modaka is sold in "petti kades" near schools, and are known to be purchased by school boys for "kicks". Opium Opium is legally allowed to be bought and sold by herbal practitioners as per the Ayurveda Act. The Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1935 also allows