斯里兰卡西部省儿童吸毒成瘾率最高,原因是贫困和缺乏预防,有200多名儿童被捕,数千个方案启动。 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.

据国家危险药品管制局称,斯里兰卡西部省,特别是科伦坡及其郊区,吸毒成瘾的学童比率最高。 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. 低收入社区受影响最大,Kandy、Gampaha和其他区也有高风险地区。 Low-income communities are most affected, with high-risk areas also in Kandy, Gampaha, and other districts. 促成因素包括同侪压力、薄弱的学校预防方案、家庭忽视、贫穷和容易获得药物。 Contributing factors include peer pressure, weak school prevention programs, family neglect, poverty, and easy drug access. 全国禁毒委正在扩大筛查、咨询和提高认识工作,1月至8月,有206名儿童因毒品犯罪被捕,并实施了15 600多个学校课程。 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.