The drop in the abuse index among young ages in Dubai
People who make home narcotics and use “eye drops”
Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat: "Promoters use fraudulent methods to increase their victims, and they always play on the psychological chord."
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Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, Director of Hemaya International Center in the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, revealed a decrease in the abuse index among young ages in Dubai, as a result of efforts made by Dubai Police during the past two years, aimed at protecting children and adolescents from the dangers of drugs.
Al-Khayyat told "Emirates Today" that the "Corona" pandemic, and the period of total closure, resulted in unfamiliar practices, as people resorted to inventing household drugs, or using strange things, such as a kind of eye drops, which indicates that the search for drugs continues, And the war will not stop between the control agencies and the promoters of these toxins.
In detail, Al-Khayyat stressed that the low age of drug users is an international issue that worries the control agencies in all countries of the world, in light of the targeting of these groups by dealers and promoters, pointing out that Dubai Police achieved positive results in this context, thanks to an organized effort to protect school students, children and adolescents in a way. general.
However, he added that, despite this, it cannot be certain that the indicators are 100% realistic, as the actual measurement does not depend on the crime indicator only, because there are cases that are not disclosed, and society is still not open enough about this problem, but in general countries are doing their best She does her best to protect her children, especially those at a young age.
He added that it is necessary to take into account other dimensions when considering the issue of the low age of abuse, the most dangerous of which is the great openness towards foreign cultures, through entertainment platforms and social networks, which raise the slogan of personal freedom, and highlight the abusers and promoters in images that appeal to young people, to the extent that there are teenagers Now they believe that smoking or taking certain substances is an individual freedom.
Al-Khayyat stated that from the reality of the cases and cases that the center dealt with, drug traffickers always fish in murky waters, targeting broken families, or waiting for the appropriate opportunity to trap a teenager angry with his family for one reason or another, dragging him into the trap.
He pointed out that some cases start with a teenager who was punished by his father, for example, because of driving the father’s car without permission and without a license, so the son gets angry and resorts to an dishonest friend, tempting him to take a pill until he forgets his sorrows, and from one pill to another begins the journey of abuse, stressing that the family is the origin, Either she contains her son or distracts him and leaves him prey to promoters, who use fraudulent methods to increase their victims, and always play on the psychological nerve.
He stressed that the coming is difficult in this direction, and this is something that Dubai Police deals with realistically, and is well aware of the importance of awareness and rapprochement with members of society.
On the link between smoking and new types of smoking methods, such as electronic cigarettes that young children accept, Al-Khayyat said that this is another problem, for every day a new appears, and indeed, the “Corona” pandemic and the resulting total closure and restriction of movement revealed people’s appetite for strange things. And a group went to the manufacture of domestic drugs, such as eye drops that some used in pursuit of fake pleasure or a false desire to escape from reality, indicating that he does not rule out the manufacture of drugs from cleaning materials.
Monitor children's behavior
Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, Director of Hemaya International Center in the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, stated that children are not separated from the reality around them, they are obsessed with imitation, and when one of them starts smoking, he drags others, stressing that in light of these challenges everyone should roll up their sleeves, Starting with the family, because the police forces work in the field and need support from the home, through supervision, follow-up and monitoring of the behavior of children.
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