President Maithripala Sirisena says the illegal drug trade, which has spread like a major menace, could not be controled only through taking illicit drugs into custody by security forces, raids or taking legal actions alone and the time has come to eliminate this threat through implementing a broad attitude change initiate from family to the entire society.The President said that marking the approach to this initiative, the whole nation will take the Bak Maha Divuruma (National Pledge to eradicate drug menace) on April 03 to commit themselves to control and eliminate the illegal drug trade.