Imprisonment and a fine of up to one million dirhams, the penalty for electronic drug promotion
Youssef Al-Sharif: “Families must take care, caution, periodically monitor the affairs of their children and educate them.”
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The legal advisor, Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif, warned against the neglect of some families in following up on their children, and preventing them from falling into the clutches of drugs, warning of the development of crime methods in the world, and the exploitation of criminals and drug dealers by means of information technology, such as “WhatsApp” and communication sites or chat rooms, Or electronic games, as means to promote their poison, from drugs and psychotropic substances among the youth, stressing that the penalty for anyone who runs a website for trafficking or promoting drugs or psychotropic substances is temporary imprisonment, and a fine of up to one million dirhams.
Al-Sharif advised, in episodes broadcast by "Emirates Today", families to take precaution, caution and periodic supervision of their children's affairs, to educate them about the danger of drugs and their deadly effect, and to educate them about the new methods used through social media, which aim to lure them into the drug trap.
He said that drug dealers are developing their promotional methods, including the use of cyberspace and information technology, believing that they are an easy way to spread toxins. Some have circulated audio messages via WhatsApp to promoters saying, “Peace be upon you, Lords, in hashish, in Larica, In Kalash Saman, the price of Zain is equal to delivery.”
Al-Sharif pointed out that the legislator decided in Article 31 of the Rumors Law that he shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and a fine of no less than 500,000 dirhams and not more than one million dirhams, or one of these two penalties, whoever establishes, manages a website, or supervises must, or publish information on the information network, or an information technology means, for trafficking or promotion of narcotics or psychotropic substances, and the like, or how they are used, indicating that what is meant by the phrase “the same” includes prohibited drugs, and the abuse of various substances for them. anesthetic effect.
Al-Sharif referred to the text of the same article on everyone who facilitated dealing in them (drugs) in cases other than those authorized by law, adding that there are many pharmacological painkillers that can cause drug addiction, if they violate their application or the doctor’s description, and therefore we alerted the legislator to them, and prevented them And incriminate it.
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