28 families surrender their children and family members to Ajman Police for treatment of drug addiction

His Excellency Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police, praised the families of extraditing their children to the Drug Control Department to save them from drug addiction voluntarily in order to find a solution and provide treatment, and they numbered 28 during 2019, stressing that the door of return is always open to cooperate with any addiction to treatment From addiction and pain to normalcy.
He came to you during his visit to the DEA within the annual inspection program to review the progress of work procedures and determine the needs and requirements of development and modernization.
For his part, His Excellency Colonel Saif Khalifa Al Muhairi, Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration clarified that 28 cases came in a request to help in getting rid of addiction and treatment, as the administration and in cooperation with the General Administration of Federal Drug Control received the cases and distributed them to treatment centers in a way that suits their condition, and they all completed the rehabilitation phase .
The director of the Drug Enforcement Administration pointed out that cases of returning from the drug quagmire and seeking treatment are increasing after the recent amendment to Article No. 43 of Item 5 of Federal Law No. 8 of 2016 regarding combating narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances that states that “criminal cases are not brought against users Narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, if the user applies, on his own initiative, his spouse or relatives of the second degree to the addiction treatment unit, the public prosecution, or the police, asking to deposit him for treatment with the unit, and he is deposited with it until the unit decides to release it