Awareness
Shattering myths with hard facts. We give every student the scientific truth about substance abuse.
ADDICTA '26 · Sri Lanka's premier drug prevention day
Strong enough
Strong enough
to say no.
The Ananda College Drug Prevention Society is a student-led society at Ananda College, Colombo. Since 1993 we have worked to keep Anandians informed, protected and free from drugs.
"Strength isn't about what you take. It's about what you refuse."
1993Founded at Ananda College
30+Years of work
6Programmes
17Board members
What we do
How we keep Ananda drug-free
Our work comes down to three things.
Protection
A shield around our brotherhood, built through peer support and mental resilience training.
Legacy
Upholding the honour of Ananda by raising a generation that is free, focused and fearless.
ADDICTA '26
Main project
About ADDICTA
ADDICTA
Sri Lanka's first ever premier drug prevention day, organised every year by the society. Schools, speakers and students come together on one stage with one message. Don't trade your future for a temporary escape.
1stDrug prevention day in Sri Lanka
AnnualHeld every year
'26Latest edition
Programmes
All programmes
What we run through the year
Education
Annual lecture series
Educating students on the dangers of substance abuse through expert sessions.
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Media
Drushya
Communicating our drug-free message through visual storytelling.
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Island-wide
Annual post campaign
Spreading awareness through creative media and poster campaigns island-wide.
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Ten things every student should know
Short notes in Sinhala on drugs, peer pressure, vaping and stress, written by our members.
02
Peer pressure
රැල්ලට අහුවෙන්න එපා
"එක පාරක් කරලා බලමු බං" කියන යාලුවෝ ඕන තරම් ඉඳියි. ඔයාව අමාරුවේ දාන කෙනෙක් කවදාවත් සැබෑ යාලුවෙක් නෙමෙයි. වැරදි දේට කෙලින්ම "බැහැ" කියන්න පුරුදු වෙන්න.
05
Stress
Stress ද? එහෙනම් මේක බලන්න
විභාග පීඩනය අමතක කරන්න මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය පස්සේ යන්න එපා. ඒකෙන් වෙන්නේ ප්‍රශ්න දෙගුණ වෙන එකයි. ඒ වෙනුවට සින්දුවක් අහන්න, සෙල්ලම් කරන්න නැත්නම් හිතවත් කෙනෙක් එක්ක කතා කරන්න.
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Self-belief
ඔබේ ජීවිතේ වීරයා ඔබම වන්න!
නියම "පොරවල්" කියන්නේ රැල්ලට යන අයට නෙමෙයි, තමන්ගේ හීන පස්සේ මහන්සි වෙලා යන අයටයි. තමන් ගැන විශ්වාසයක් තියාගන්න. ඔයාට ලොකු ගමනක් යන්න තියෙනවා.
අප්පමාදෝ අමතපදං
"Heedfulness is the path to the deathless."
Dhammapada · Motto of Ananda College
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Any Ananda student can join. Tell us who you are and what you'd like to do and we'll get back to you.