Over 65,000 drug addicts to be rehabilitated

Over 65,000 drug addicts will be rehabilitated as per the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena and of them 10,000 will be rehabilitated this year, President's Task Force Anti-drug Unit Director Dr. Samantha Kumara Kithalawa Arachchi has said.

Kurunegala District Senior Divisional Secretary W.E. Jayathilake said that about 3,000 will be rehabilitated at the Kandewatta and Meekirigala prisons.

He was speaking at a parents’ meeting on August 28.