PReveNtioN PRogRAMMe

The UAE National Drug Prevention Programme (Siraj), a national project launched by Lt-Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, in Ministerial Decision No. 96 of 2016, is chaired by LieutenantGeneral Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai.

The programme aims at supervising implementation of a comprehensive, integrated and balanced national drug control strategy to achieve the vision and strategic objectives of the UAE and execution of the United Nations political information on drugs at various levels, combating, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The programme is a national strategic framework for raising awareness of the institutional, social and individual of risks of drug abuse, and addiction, and its profound effects.

sharjah rehabilitation centre

A new rehabilitation centre will be soon set up in Sharjah as per the instruction of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, said Saif Al Zeri Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of the Sharjah Police.

The police have begun the implementation of the centre in coordination with authorities concerned to complete the design and is looking out for advanced equipment to be used in the treatment of addicts.