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Drug Addicts Are 'Likely To Commit Crimes'
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n945/a04.html
Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Source: Khaleej Times (UAE)
Copyright: 2004 Khaleej Times
Contact: letters@khaleejtimes.com
Website: http://khaleejtimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/996
DRUG ADDICTS ARE 'LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIMES'
AJMAN - A new research reveals that drug addicts are likely to commit
crimes, or, show other illicit behavioural symptoms.
The research conducted by Hiba Abdul Hameed Al Nuaimi, a student of the
Ajman University of Science and Technology, under the supervision of Dr
Ahmed Al Qubassi, projects the serious impact of drugs on society,
economic development, and security of the country.
The UAE anti-narcotics departments are exerting extraordinary efforts to
help youngsters to get rid of the use drugs. They have no doubt
succeeded in protecting the society of the menace, yet there is a lot to
be done, stated the research.
There is also a massive campaign to eradicate the habit of using drugs
in all the Arab countries with great efforts to raise awareness among
young members of the society who fall prey to drugs easily.
The research also revealed that the security authorities concerned have
adopted new science-based approach in a bid to help drug addicts quit
the habit. Many of the latest research and studies have revealed
the connection between drug abuse and family instability as well as poor
religious understanding.
There is a need for parents to raise their children in a stable
religious atmosphere to ensure their children a healthy life. It
is also important that the drug users must not be treated as criminals,
they should be treated as patients. Parents should have dialogue
and communication channels with their children to understand their
problems and needs. The research also indicated that the poor
economic conditions of society members is not always the reason to blame
for using drugs. Instead, heavy drug addicts come from affluent
families.
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