title: Drugs--a growing problem in Sri Lanka.
abstract: Cannabis, hashish and opium were the drugs generally abused in Sri Lanka. The laws relating to drugs were consolidated in 1935. Heroin is the most widely abused drug today. Tourists are mainly responsible for the introduction of heroin into Sri Lanka. The separatist terrorists of Sri Lanka are engaged in trafficking in drugs to find the money for the purchase of arms and ammunition.
authors.affiliation: Attorney General's Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kumarasingha
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013188:Sri Lanka; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control