Anti-Drug Campaign: Will Sri Lanka’s New Narcotics Restrictions Deliver Real Social Change?

Sri Lanka’s intensified anti-drug campaign has introduced sweeping reforms through the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2022, tightening narcotics enforcement and penalties nationwide. But will these drug law restrictions translate into measurable social change? Beyond arrests and seizures, the success of Sri Lanka’s drug policy depends on comprehensive rehabilitation programs, […]