As part of the Dubai Police’s three-day\ncampaign organized with partners in celebration of the International Day\nagainst Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, the General Department\nof Anti-Narcotics has launched an initiative to share inspiring stories of\nrecovering addicts who succeeded in turning over a new leaf and regaining the\nstability in their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initiative brought to light cases of\novercoming drug addiction that the Hemeya International Centre has been\nassisting in completing people’s treatments and recovering from their\naddictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Director of the General\nDepartment of Anti-Narcotics at Dubai Police, Brigadier Eid Muhammad Thani\nHareb, one of the heroes has recovered from his drug addiction and found\nhappiness in marriage and having a family after nine years of suffering under\nthe influence of the narcotic substance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunate\nBeginnings at 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “After his parents’ death, the\nyoung man started using drugs at the age of 19, incited by his two addicted\nbrothers, who both turned out to be listed in the periodic drug testing and\nhave records of use and possession of drugs. All three were arrested in 2014.\nThe youngest was first detained with the other two at that time. He was deeply\nreflected on himself, was given a second chance and only got listed in the\nperiodic testing.” Brig Hareb added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “However, he did not commit for\nlong and started using all sorts of substances again and gained ten criminal\nrecords of use and possession over the years,” Brig Hareb continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Safe Embrace\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Director of the General Department of\nAnti-Narcotics elaborated: “The young man spent nine painful years of his\nlife seeking treatment, relapsing, and getting arrested for drug abuse and\npossession. Yet, he did not give up hope in himself and continuously asked for\nrehabilitation and psychological support over and over again at the Hemaya\nInternational Centre “. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Every time he felt vulnerable and\nfeared relapsing, he sheltered himself in the support system of the Hemaya\nInternational Center without hesitation, believing that Dubai Police doors are\nalways open to whoever has the will to recover. The young man witnessed a warm\nwelcome in every visit and received an understating and attentive ear to his\nhealth and psychological conditions. He found nothing there but wholehearted\nsupport to recover from his addiction,” Brig Hareb added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Optimism and\nBelief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By 2019, the young man showed a strong\ncommitment and self-discipline over the entire legal term of the periodic drug\ntesting. Full of gratitude, he visited the Centre to express his appreciation\nfor the considerable support and assistance he has received during his\ntreatment. He also volunteered to help other addicts shake off the narcotic\nchains from their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Full of optimism and belief in the\nsystem’s efficiency in rescuing his beloveds, the young man began from his\nhousehold. He encouraged his friends and family members to seek help and commit\nto the testing, especially after his big sister started recently using drugs after\ngetting addicted to prescribed medication. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n He went to the greater length to help\nthe police arrest many drug dealers promoting narcotics among the youth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New Start <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “To support and empower this young\nman to realize his dreams and start a new phase in his life, the Hemaya\nInternational Center responded to his request to issue a certificate of\ncompletion of the periodic testing after he found a suitable job to get his\nlife straight and take the step of marriage and stability that he had always\nwanted,” <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We are glad that he never stopped\ncommunicating with the specialists at the Centre and considered them his second\nfamily”, Brig Hareb concluded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of the Dubai Police’s three-day campaign organized with partners in celebration of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, the General Department of Anti-Narcotics has launched an initiative to share inspiring stories of recovering addicts who succeeded in turning over a new leaf and regaining the stability in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47378,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47369\/revisions\/47378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}