09th February 2023 08:22:55 Hours
Under the guidance of Commander Security Forces (East), Major General Sujeewa Hettiarachchi, the General Officer Commanding 23 Infantry Division, Major General Shewanth Kulatunge designed to educate and organize awareness programme for the troops of the Security Force (East) area about the ''Prevention Illicit Drug Usage in the Army'' under repercussions of using drugs, narcotics, and illicit substances.
The programme was conducted by the Sri Lanka Army Mental Health Unit headed, by Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Brigadier Roshan Monaragala and a team of his staff on Thursday (January 26) at the 23 Infantry Division Headquarters, Punani.
The lecture about the ''Prevention Illicit Drugs" is presently a much-needed topic in the troops of Security Forces (East) area to educate about how people tend to use illicit drugs, their negative effects of them, and how to prevent the illicit substance. The General Officer Commanding Major General Shewanth Kulatunge, officers and other ranks of 23 Infantry Division, and Officers and other ranks of 12 Battalion Sri Lanka National Guard participated in the awareness programme.
This impressive and timely needed awareness programme gives strong messages for the soldiers to refrain from illicit drug use as a soldier.
