The Director of the General Directorate of Drug Control in Dubai Police Brigadier General Eid Thani Hareb told «Emirates Today», the high rate of seizures possession of marijuana oil for use in electronic cigarettes by more than 95% during the first quarter of this year.

On the sidelines of the 14th session of the Protection Forum, which was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, said that control devices seized during the first quarter of last year two people holding CDP or mariguana oil , Compared to 97 people arrested during the first quarter of this year, of several nationalities, but most of them are visitors.

He added that these materials began to spread prominently, and used through electronic cigarettes, pointing out that the General Directorate for Drug Control monitored the age of the users of these cigarettes to a low age so the families should pay attention to their children who believe that these cigarettes are harmless, Abuse.

For his part, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Academic Affairs of Public Education Marwan Al-Sawaleh said that there is a mechanism to control schools and specific roles to protect students from any behaviors that lead to their delinquency. He pointed out that the responsibility to protect children from drug abuse lies between the family and the school community. Ministry of Education on prevention methods in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, Dubai Police and Community Development Authority. The social supervisor will train on how to monitor the behaviors associated with abuse and ways of embracing the children who fall into the trap of these toxins and their treatment and rehabilitation.

He added that there is an approved mechanism that works on the basis of schools to ensure secret cooperation with the concerned bodies in the case of monitoring cases of abuse in schools, and school control teams monitor the implementation of this mechanism in a timely manner, which completely prevents the concealment of school administrations any cases of surveillance among the students.

"Drug gangs and drug traffickers mainly target young people for up to 20 years because they are well aware that the sooner they fall into their trap they will remain lifelong customers for factors related to the brain's readiness for drug addiction," said Dr. Mohamed Hassan Fayek, executive director of the Irada Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation.

He added that these gangs entice young people and adolescents with things that appeal to them such as attractive electronic cigarettes to attract them to abuse, stressing that it is necessary to talk frankly at this stage because drugs are not linked to one state but another, but a global scourge.

He pointed out that there is an important message that must reach families, namely, not to listen to children when they talk about legalization of marijuana in countries, because that country was unable to combat addiction and so resorted to this procedure.

Gangs targeting young people under the age of 20 to ensure a customer for life.

A mechanism for monitoring schools and programs to educate students about the dangers of drugs.