Speaking to media, Dr. Chamara Nilantha Samarasinghe said that this is mostly seen among the educated middle and upper middle class.

Also, it has been revealed that there are only 500 female Heroin addicts in the country with the majority of them identified as prostitutes.

In order to curb the drug usage in the country, the link between drugs and politics should be severed and the Board will take up the cause with the March 12 Declaration, Dr. Samarasinghe added.