| Rehab for heroin abusers in Dubai do better in the | | | | Let's talk about heroin withdrawal. In my experience, |
| UK, further from the traffic. According to recent | | | | it is the fear of the extremely painful withdrawal that |
| news from Interpol, the Organisation for Security and | | | | is one of the barriers. Addicts are grossly afraid of |
| Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and United Nations | | | | heroin withdrawal of which the reactions are extreme |
| Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the heroin | | | | physical and mental symptoms including restlessness, |
| industry was valued at US $64.82 billion annually. | | | | aches and pains in the bones, diarrhea, vomiting and |
| Interestingly enough, 90% originating from | | | | severe discomfort. It has been described by many as |
| Afghanistan and the overwhelming majority is | | | | a terrifying experience that begins to torture the |
| trafficked through Dubai. | | | | body within hours of the last fix. Put this together |
| Over the last few years the Dubai police have taken | | | | with the pain of the other conditions caused by the |
| initiative and made some efforts to try to counter | | | | damaging effects of drug use and it is very scary |
| drug misuse in the area by providing assistance in | | | | indeed. |
| drug rehab however my research tells me that their | | | | For these reasons it seems easier for the addict to |
| success has been limited. Although offering free | | | | choose a substitute such as the commonly used and |
| rehab, many addicts are not taking up the offer and | | | | medically prescribed Methadone, and Subutex now |
| of those that do go to "treatment" in Dubai, most | | | | also available on the streets of the UK. Subutex is |
| participants have quickly fallen back into drug misuse. | | | | often referred to as a "subby". Here's the trouble |
| Dubai's Answer To Successful Heroin Rehabilitation | | | | with this. Both are also highly addictive and carry their |
| May Be In The United Kingdom | | | | own set of withdrawal symptoms. In actual fact, |
| The UK offers a drug-free rehab program not | | | | many who move to these substitutes often end up |
| available in Dubai. Let's face it. We are all in this | | | | going back to heroin in addition to the "legal" |
| together and our global community is getting more | | | | substitutes. |
| and more entwined. Recent statistics put the number | | | | Effective Drug-Free Heroin Withdrawal Is Being |
| of drug addicts in the Arab world at 10 million. World | | | | Accomplished Everyday |
| wide it is 212 million users between the ages of 16 to | | | | Thousands of heroin addicts have found the courage |
| 64. Long gone are the days when we can ignore | | | | to trust in a group of professionals who have |
| drug abuse in others because they are mere | | | | mapped the route to a safe, relatively pain free and |
| strangers. We need to take a global approach to | | | | definitely effective method of heroin withdrawal in |
| resolving global problems and this means opening our | | | | the UK -- that insures no future need for heroin |
| eyes to the world wide addiction epidemic that | | | | substitutes. Further along the route takes them on a |
| surrounds us. We must share our strength and | | | | journey to lifelong freedom from drugs altogether. |
| resolve to help those of us who have fallen too far | | | | Only then can a person successfully live life. As we |
| into the mire and who need that helping hand. | | | | help our neighbour, a stranger - that person can help |
| How Do You Measure Successful Heroin Rehab? | | | | another. Together, we can help each other live |
| Successful drug rehab should be measured by the | | | | happier lives and achieve freedom from drug and |
| number of people who safely come off drugs and | | | | alcohol abuse in the UAE, the UK and the world. |
| stay off drugs for life -- no substitutes. | | | | |