What happens to all the drugs that are seized?

Not a single day passes without us hearing that someone was caught with some ganja or narcotics. If it gets to the wrong hands again how many lives, how many families would be destroyed? The news appears and it is soon forgotten. What happens to the narcotics that are seized? Are we sure they are not re- circulated to the sellers again?

Shouldn’t there be a rule that these drugs are burnt publicly so that everyone is sure they are not sold again?

And what happens to the criminals who are caught? Do they stay as the government’s guests for the rest of their lives –eating, drinking and sleeping safely in prison? Do they continue their trade from inside the cell?

Any guesses? Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai

Dehiwala