The Hon. (Dr.) Elayathamby Srinath
Hon. (Dr.) Elayathamby Srinath supported the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill as part of efforts to address the national drug problem. He stated that after 2009 drug use was deliberately directed at youth in the North and East and has since spread across the country, underscoring the need for legal reforms to control dangerous drugs.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, thanking you for the opportunity to contribute to today’s debate, I wish to present a few thoughts on the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill.
¶ 02 In taking forward this vital effort to bring under control, through legal reforms, what has become a major national problem, let me first note this: after the war ended in 2009, drug use was deliberately targeted at youth—boys and girls—in the North and East. Today, this scourge has spread across the entire country…
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Elayathamby Srinath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30373