Emotional affair and excessive pampering lead a girl to drug addiction

Hemaya International Center in the General Administration for Drug Control revealed an emotional relationship that led a young woman to drug addiction and started when she was 16 years old and was influenced by her friend and was seeking to imitate her in behavior, appearance and way of thinking, until it came to her and after encouraging this friend to get to know a young man through the communication sites The social, as an adventure that no one will discover and the relationship will not go beyond some conversations and phone contact under the supervision of a bad friend who prepares her as a confidant of her secrets.

 Day after day, the girl became more attached to the young man and succumbed to his demands to go out with him. She used to go to her friend's house and accompany him until he fell into the trap of drug abuse, taking advantage of the weakness of supervision on the part of her family, who revealed her matter at a late stage during which the girl reached the age of 20 years, but the good thing about it It is the lack of hesitation of her father and brother to seek help from Hemaya International Center in the General Department for Drug Control at the General Command of Dubai Police. 

The Deputy Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, Colonel Khalid bin Mowaiza, told the story, which is part of the “Stories of Protection and Partners” initiative, as part of the World Anti-Drug Day campaign, which will continue until July 26, noting that after studying the case of this young woman, it became clear that her father was excessive. In pampering her, especially after her older sister had an accident that resulted in her being physically handicapped, he gave his youngest daughter, who excels in school, a double dose of love, tenderness and freedom, without realizing that this might spoil her, while the mother's role in her daughter's life was absent despite its great importance.


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Bin Mowaiza added that the father did not respond to his daughter's request, and prevented her brothers from interfering in her life affairs despite their lack of acceptance of her bold lifestyle, but he took full responsibility for her, to the extent that he allowed her to sleep at her friend's house because he knew her family, and whenever he called to check on her, she would respond that she She is fine and having a good time with her friend.

After years of this situation, the girl informed her father that she wanted to marry the young man she met through social media, and she put pressure on her family to marry him, and despite the shock of family members and the atmosphere of anger that prevailed in the house and their rejection of the young man who later turned out to be a drug addict, but That the father agreed to marry and secure a suitable home for them in the hope that her condition would be rectified and continued to support her financially, and he did not realize until this stage that she had engaged in abuse.

After a short period of time, Bin Moiza continued, the divorce took place, and the young woman returned to her family's home, refusing any interference in her life, even from her father herself, and she communicated again with her ex-girlfriend and has been absent from the house, and she had an emotional relationship with a new young man also through social networking sites, it turned out Later, he, in turn, was among those who had precedents, so he also exploited them.

And when her family discovered her addiction and confronted her, she admitted that she was taking drugs whenever her relationship with the new young man worsened. They could not be patient any longer, given that she had reached a stage that posed a danger to her, and one of her brothers convinced his father of the need to contact Hemaya International Center to save her and take advantage of Article 89 of the UAE Anti-Combating Law. Narcotics and psychotropic substances that deal with an addicted patient as a “case that needs care” and not as a “accused in cases,” and exempt him from legal responsibility if he voluntarily applies for treatment and rehabilitation and before his arrest or the issuance of an order to do so. 

Bin Moiza explained that the father attended with his son who proposed and his addicted sister, and they were keen to encourage her to give all the information she had, because it is the most important for them and they want to help her get out of the cycle of addiction and return to excellence and success, and after the counseling session that took place in an atmosphere of confidentiality and privacy. And transferred to treatment and rehabilitation in cooperation with partners.

He continued: We are well aware that it is not easy for parents and family members to communicate with the competent authorities and report their addicted children with the aim of seeking help and saving their lives. patient abuse.

He stated that people with addiction are often in denial and unwilling to seek treatment, and may not notice the negative effects of their behavior on themselves and others, so the early intervention of a family member or friend gives an opportunity for treatment and rehabilitation by communicating with treatment centers in the country or Hemaya International Center. 

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