Awareness drives help bring down drug abuse cases
Date
7/14/2016 1:12:49 AM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The General Department of Anti-Narcotic of the Dubai Police said that there is drop in drug abuse cases, thanks to awareness campaigns.
Major Dr Juma Sultan, Director of the Awareness Section at the Anti-narcotic Department, said that there is remarkable drop in people who newly use drugs since 2014. He said that the awareness campaigns conducted by the Dubai Police about the harmful impact of drugs proved to be efficient on the new generations. He said that the Dubai Police have two sections (follow up and awareness) and they conduct field visits and periodic tests on drug abusers. He added that the studies about the social factors that lead youth to use drug has found that influence of bad friends as the major reason while some try drugs out of curiosity and the third factor is the family issues like divorces and not paying attention to children. The department also gets in touch with families to know the condition of a drug addict to ensure that whether they have rehabilitated or released from prison or has returned to drug use. He urged people to call police on phone number 800 400 4000 if they want to report about their children who use drug adding that the police will deal confidentially with the information to help them rehabilitate them. The follow up department also trains the drug addict to find job for those who abandoned drugs and provide financial assistance to them and to their families to ensure that they will not return to drug use. The department had sent 53 addicts who abandoned drug use to Umrah last year. He confirmed that the Dubai Police is coordinating with Ministry of Health to ensure that doctors are not prescribing banned drugs as people can get those drug easily. He said that the penalty for using banned pharmaceutical pills listed in the drug table is between 1 to 3 years in prison while the person who uses drugs will be imprisoned to four years in jail.
Amira Agarib
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