A surge in alcohol and drugs addiction among women in the UAE

As a result of the regime’s promotion of corruption and decay, a record-high rate of alcohol and drug addiction has been recorded in the UAE.

An official at the International Protection Center of the General Administration for Drug Control in the UAE said an increase in the number of women addicted to drugs had been noticed.

Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, director of the centre, admitted this in statements to local media.

Al-Khayyat said, “There has been an increase in the number of female addicts recently as a result of the great change in life in recent years in terms of openness.”

Colonel Abdullah Matar Al-Khayat, manager of Hemaya International Centre at Dubai Police, said the majority of cases were girls who had travelled abroad with their friends without parental supervision.

Colonel Al-Khayat explained that with the rapid spread of the Internet, alcohol and drugs are now sold online.

Added to this is the spread of 3D printers that may enable drugs to be manufactured at home from specific materials.

Meanwhile, the Director of Community Research, Awareness and Public Relations of Erada Centre in Dubai, Abdullah Al Ansari, said an alcoholic girl who had been treated at the centre said she used to purchase alcohol online and it would be delivered to her doorstep.

Shocking Numbers

The statistics of the Federal Customs Authority and the local customs departments in the UAE revealed that the number of drug seizures at border crossings has increased during the past five years, 2105-2019, to more than 15 thousand and 764 seizures.

The customs sector’s contribution to increasing drug seizures increased from 33% in 2018 to 39% in 2019.

The National Rehabilitation Center in the Emirates revealed that the rate of addiction to drugs, psychotropic substances, and alcohol within the country between the ages of 20 and 29 was 52.8%. The capital, Abu Dhabi, topped the rest of the country.