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flag Sri Lanka’s Western Province has the highest child drug addiction rate, driven by poverty and lack of prevention, with over 200 children arrested and thousands of programs launched.

flag Sri Lanka's Western Province, especially Colombo and its suburbs, has the highest rate of schoolchildren with drug addiction, according to the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board. flag Low-income communities are most affected, with high-risk areas also in Kandy, Gampaha, and other districts. flag Contributing factors include peer pressure, weak school prevention programs, family neglect, poverty, and easy drug access. flag The NDDCB is expanding screening, counseling, and awareness efforts, with 206 children arrested for drug offenses between January and August and over 15,600 school programs conducted.

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