The Public Prosecution discussed, with the National Rehabilitation Center, ways to develop prospects for cooperation and exchange experiences and expertise between the two sides, in a way that contributes to strengthening joint efforts to combat drugs, consolidating the importance of the concept of rehabilitation and drug prevention, and enhancing societal awareness of the dangers of addiction, in an effort to achieve integration in the face of this scourge. .
This came during the reception of the Attorney General, Counselor Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, in his office in Abu Dhabi, the Director-General of the National Rehabilitation Center, Dr. Aref Al Shehhi. Joint work and future coordination between the two sides, to achieve leadership and excellence in the fight against drugs, protect society from its dangers, as well as achieve optimal investment from the developed legislative and regulatory environment of the UAE in the field of drug control, especially Federal Decree-Law No. 30 of 2021 regarding combating narcotic substances and psychotropic substances. The mentality, which is characterized by flexibility in application, and plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation and treatment programs.
Al Shamsi stressed that the meeting comes within the framework of the leadership’s directives to activate frameworks of cooperation and strategic partnership between state, local and federal institutions, with the aim of promoting the sustainable development process that the country is witnessing in all fields, pointing to the pioneering efforts made by the UAE in the field of drug control at the local or international levels. Through the adoption of comprehensive action strategies to address this scourge and address its destructive effects from various security, social and health dimensions, in addition to launching several national drug prevention programs and the continuous updating of laws and legislation to combat this scourge.
He pointed out that treatment and rehabilitation are among the basic and important pillars in the fight against drugs, and the protection of society from the repercussions of this dangerous scourge, and this is embodied in the new punitive policy adopted by the Emirati legislator, which took into account that some users are patients and victims of drug dealers, and the trend towards giving the user an opportunity to change. Towards the better, and to start again in positive participation in life, in a way that is reflected on their families and society.
He pointed out that this meeting comes within the framework of the Public Prosecution’s keenness to enhance cooperation with the National Rehabilitation Center towards raising the level of community members’ awareness of the dangers of this scourge, and to make the best use of rehabilitation and treatment programs, in a way that enhances the state’s efforts in the field of drug control.
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