In contrast to the dominant issue of liquor prohibition in the 2018 elections, the focus of political parties in Mizoram has shifted to creating a drug-free state. Mizoram is grappling with a significant problem of drug abuse exacerbated by the availability of cheap drugs from Myanmar, its neighboring state. In 2019, after winning, the Mizo National Front (MNF) government introduced the Mizoram Liquor Prohibition Bill, 2019, prohibiting the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol
