Abstract:
Use of drugs is a menace that has spread far & wide both localy & internationaly thatthreats both mental and physical wellbeing of individuals and has transferred in to aneconomic, Social & political issue for which finding an end solution seems almostirnposible. Sri lanka has been given a special place in international drug smugglingdue to its physical location .Colombo has become the main victimized city due tothese striking factors. Therefor identification of spacial distribution of drug menanceand physical social & economic factors were the main objective of the research.Colombo city area of Colombo district in western province which consist of 55Grama Niladhari divisions has been used as the research area for achieving thisobjective .primary data have been collected having selected narcotic drugs addicts inthis research area under the stratified sampling method.more ever, previousconvictions report of the narcotic units of the Department of excise & police have'been used as secondary data and analised using quantitative & qualitative anal isingmethods .special distribution of drug menance in Colombo city has been identifiedutilizing the said analysing methods and risk zones and schools with respect tonarcotic drugs has been clarified .An extensive examination has been conducted onphysical ,economic and social factors which affect the special distribution of the drugmenence of the colombo city. Father extensive special study has been done inunderworls activities which has created a considerable impact on spred of drug relatedactivities.Attention has been drawn on identification of risk areas, measures to be tacken toprevent spred of drug menance centred in these areas and the measures which shouldbe taken to grab the contribution of these areas for development activitiesandcomposition of government policies via this reaearch.
