Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Thursday that the drug menace will be defeated, just as terrorism was defeated. Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa expressed these views during a function held to provide permanent appointments to employees who served under contract basis at the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development. The function was held at the Battaramulla Urban Development Authority.