Sri Lanka, Oct. 18 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said that the Government is taking every possible step to destroy the roots of drug menace as it has become a major social catastrophe.

He added that drug abuse has become the greatest challenge faced by the children and even very young children are rapidly being drawn into the trap of drugs.

Regardless of ethnicity, religion or caste, drugs are spreading like a devastating whirlwind, destroying our young generation,"he said.

He said that the government has opened the iron door of drugs and crime as the state, political authority and legal institutions have been left at the mercy of criminals.

President Dissanayake made these remarks yesterday morning (17) while addres...