DRUG MAFIAS PREY ON YOUTHS IN KUWAIT

  • 24/02/2022

Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti ambassador praised a new pan-Arab strategy to combat violence against women on Tuesday, calling the passage of new laws a "good step" ahead. All Arab states support any step aimed at raising awareness about the need to end all forms of violence against women, according to Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs Ambassador Talal Al-Mutairi on the margins of pan-Arab human rights talks. He noted recent regulations passed in his nation to prevent violence against women, as well as the new Arab policy, which would allow countries in the area to confront the issue together. 


Meanwhile, addiction specialists have warned of the high rates of abuse and addiction among women, emphasising that the gender difference in the field of abuse was ten to one fifty years ago, but has now shrunk to six to one, and four to one in cities. 

The Arab Federation for Addiction Prevention urged for the re-formation of the National Committee for Drug Control, applauding Kuwait's efforts and interest in monitoring this phenomena. Dr. Ahmad Abul-Azaim, a consultant psychiatrist and President of the Arab Federation for Addiction Prevention, warned of impending waves of threats aimed at the nation's youth in a speech on the social elements of abuse and addiction prevention and treatment. Abul-Azaim advocated for combating these vicious drug mafias at the state level in order to protect young people who are the future's hope. 

In turn, the Secretary-General of the Arab Federation for the Prevention of Addiction, Dr. Khaled Al-Saleh, distinguishes between addiction from dangerous psychological drugs and its relationship to human health and cells, implying that addiction is both a mental and a physical disease. He stated that narcotics are most commonly overused in the poorest countries. Dr. Hessa Al-Shaheen, the Arab Federation for Addiction Prevention's head of international relations, emphasised the significance of this scientific meeting "because of the harmful targeting of young people in our region in order to pull them down in the grips of drugs."

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