Sri Lanka, Sept. 6 -- The environment issue should not trump the drug issue, but it's happening despite the fact that even detractors are impressed with the gains with regard to eradicating the drug menace. The brickbats about political connections of drug lords etc are sounding totally churlish when everybody is aware the Angoda Lokkas and the Kudu Ruwans don't have a chance.

But the ground is almost cut from under the feet of the Government's Task Forces on these matters due to the noise being made about the Sinharaja forest and other environmental issues, so called.

The Sinharaja Reserve is a national treasure, and it is one of a kind. It's one of the world's most prolific biodiversity hotspots and that's not some slogan, it's a cont...