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The import and sale of cocaine are prohibited except
for medicinal purposes. Only pharmaceutical chemists may purchase
cocaine from the Military Pharmacy, which is alone allowed to
import it from abroad. Moreover, the maximum annual quantity
which the Military Pharmacy may import through Nova, Goa, the
only customs office through which importation is permitted, has
been fixed at 2 kgs.
The use of morphine is permitted only for medical
purposes, but the quantities which may be imported are unrestricted.
As there is no manufacture of drugs, the law provides
for no restriction in the matter of exports, which are non-existent.
Narcotic products, such as "Ganis", "Dang" and "Charas"
etc., are someti es imported in small quantities from British
Indie, under permits from the British police but the imports and
sales are inconsiderable.