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.