UAE | Crime
Police chief calls for committee to monitor prescription medicines
Panel will help check misuse of addictive and narcotic drug
- By Siham Al Najami, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 October 23, 2009
Dubai: Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, has called for a national committee to be set up to monitor prescription medicines with a view to listing some as "addictive, misused narcotics" to curb their abuse.
On several occasions, the anti-narcotics department at Dubai Police has stressed the need to list these medicines as addictive, misused narcotics so that their use and sale will be criminalised.
Procedure
Lieutenant-General Dahi emphasised the importance of the proposed committee during a joint meeting with senior members of the Health Ministry, Public Prosecution and the Justice Department.
The procedure to outlaw drugs is a lengthy one, which is why it is vital to set up a committee that includes officials from several departments, said Lieutenant-General Dahi, adding that abuse must be prevented.
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