Drug Addiction: Battling System to Win Drug War. Abdullah Arbab.
by Arbab, Abdullah; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 61Health. Publisher: Gulf News, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Drug abuse | Drug abuse -- Middle East | Drug abuse -- Treatment | Medication abuse | Narcotic addicts -- Rehabilitation | Pharmaceutical policy | Prescription drugs | United Arab Emirates -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Drug addiction is growing alarmingly despite the [United Arab Emirate] government's multi-pronged attack on the problem. Police say that the good work done on the one hand is undone by loopholes in the system and the lure of money. Ministry-controlled prescription drugs intended to treat addicts are in fact used to feed their habit. For a few more notes, some private clinics are prescribing what the addicts demand." (GULF NEWS) This article discusses the increasing "misuse of ministry prescribed and controlled drugs" in Ajman.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Drug Addiction: Battling System to Win Drug War, Jan. 18, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Drug addiction is growing alarmingly despite the [United Arab Emirate] government's multi-pronged attack on the problem. Police say that the good work done on the one hand is undone by loopholes in the system and the lure of money. Ministry-controlled prescription drugs intended to treat addicts are in fact used to feed their habit. For a few more notes, some private clinics are prescribing what the addicts demand." (GULF NEWS) This article discusses the increasing "misuse of ministry prescribed and controlled drugs" in Ajman.
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