Addiction
The decision recently taken by the Ministry of Health and Population to include 6 substances of the "industrial hashish" in the list of narcotic substances, which was long awaited until it was subject to the law after it entered the homeland without being objected to. The entry was called "incense or herbs" Which are dangerous and harmful to the health of young people in the absence of a legal text that puts them on the list of drugs and addiction, which was exploited by «traders of quality» to enter Egypt.
The decision coincided with the approval of the Council of Ministers on the plan of the Fund to combat addiction and abuse of the Council during the next three years, and the adoption of 250 million pounds to provide treatment and care of patients with addiction and abuse within the treatment plan and awareness, and respond to citizens on the hotline (16023) over the day without interruption and provide Therapeutic counseling for the addict's family, cooperation with health, youth and educational institutions and young volunteers, and helping and recovering from addiction.
Youth Health of Egypt
Dr.. Amr Osman, Director of the Fund against Addiction and Abuse pointed out that the decision of the Ministry of Health came in order to preserve the health of the youth of Egypt, where there were large quantities of drugs entering the country and traded by young people under the names «incense and herbs», and there is no deterrent based on the law, And the protection of youth and the Egyptian society of these narcotic drugs. The plan approved by the Council of Ministers finally coincided with the decision of the ministry in the activity of the Fund, which was able in the last year to treat about 104 thousand addicts, as revealed by the medical survey of drug users that their proportion reached 10.4% Of which 72.5% are males and 27.5% are male For females, while the percentage of addicts is 2.4%, and the average expenditure on drugs per month about 237 pounds, so the Fund launched a national guide to train trainers to prevent addiction and sign awareness programs for employees of institutions, schools, universities and ministries, a group of young volunteers, With the provision of the treatment of addiction free and confidential, and implement the plan through the treatment centers of the General Secretariat of Mental Health of the Ministry of Health, or the armed forces or rehabilitation centers, and in such cases the Fund provides a full service free treatment.
National security
He explained that the problem of drug abuse affects national security and is no less important than the seriousness of terrorism. Therefore, the Board of Directors of the Fund has decided to set the main axes in the plan to combat addiction in the coming stage. First, primary prevention, early detection of addiction and cooperation with the media in correcting the misconceptions related to drugs, Activating the campaign «You are stronger than drugs» to prevent the dangers and addiction, and to make the right concepts about the dangers of smoking and drug abuse, and focus on school students and youth in sports sites to raise awareness of the seriousness of addiction and its impact on their future and health and participation role To worship in correcting the concepts of drugs and addiction, and follow-up motorists especially highways to ensure that their addiction or leadership under the influence of drugs.
The second axis of the Fund's plan is to integrate the welfare of the society with the creation of jobs for them by assisting them in small and medium enterprises, training them and qualifying them for the required work in the labor market, as well as developing institutions, centers and hospitals that work against addiction and treatment of addicts to provide various treatment and rehabilitation services. Remote and isolated places.
The third axis includes studies, databases and good planning to address the incidence of drug abuse among Egyptians, evaluation of the results of programs and campaigns organized by the Fund, identification of the driving variables of addiction through the studies of the phenomenon of abuse and conducting the comprehensive national survey among the community groups of school students, girls and women, On the scenes of smoking and abuse in films and television drama.
Confronting drug issues
As for the fourth axis to confront addiction, Dr. Amr Osman added that it is related to the legislative aspect to develop and activate the laws directed to drug issues to suit the latest addiction. Tramadol is the most common among the addicts with 30% of the drug users. Heroin 15% followed by estrox 4.3%. The fund coordinates with universities and cooperates in training and qualifying students in various governorates of the republic, supporting social skills among them, linking them to the issue of addiction prevention, coordination with care institutions to identify the problems and damages of abuse, Early Schaff to protect children guests in the role of care to provide a training program for psychologists and social workers by holding meetings within them to make children aware of the seriousness of smoking and drugs, as well as conducting therapy sessions twice a week and follow-up and receiving new cases, and coordination with the imams of mosques to talk about Islam's attitude towards substance abuse.
Addiction Treatment Centers
He added that the latest national plan for the programs included treatment of 104 thousand patients. It was possible to increase addiction treatment centers to 21 centers in 12 governorates and to open a women's treatment section at Maadi Military Hospital. The integration programs in the community included providing material support to the beneficiaries for the establishment of small and micro enterprises. An agreement with the Ministry of Industry and the organization of vocational rehabilitation programs for about 300 opportunities in the first phase, and the introduction of preventive and awareness programs through the program «Choose your life» at the level of 2000 schools, including 450 thousand students and students, and the organization of 250 awareness programs for drug hazards in sports clubs and youth centers Sha In which 180 thousand young people, and the trend of employment of all kinds of awareness of 4,000 workers and their leaders on drugs, as well as the implementation of the second and third phases of the campaign: «You are stronger than drugs» with the participation of international player MHamad Salah, which has responded to about 60 million citizens in social networking sites and included a million and 800 thousand members. The media campaign of the Fund aims to provide propaganda materials, including: short feature films and songs showing the dangers of addiction and guidance on how to recover from infection, and family awareness of how to counter the impact of drugs and detection On the drivers of school buses, organizing sports and social activities for the integration of social recuperators, organizing recreational trips for them, as well as requiring the players of the drama of all kinds to balance the problem of narcotics, and the "Choose your life" The program aims to extend the service in a decentralized manner to a number of deprived Upper Egypt governorates, including Assiut, Luxor and Aswan. Mohamed Hassan Ghanem, professor of mental health at Helwan University, pointed out that the recent studies at the National Center for Social and Criminal Research confirmed that the new drugs include new substances such as estrox or Voodoo, which should be combated in order to preserve the health of young Egyptians. Which called for a ministerial decision to ban it .. It consists of the conclusion of 7 types of drugs destroyed, and has become attracting segments of young people especially the university, and the high areas of the so-called «drug of the rich» for the high price, The danger is that they are It has destroyed the nervous system, the brain, the throat, the digestive system, the liver and the immune system, causing cancerous tumors, 80% of addicts commit crimes under the influence of narcotic drugs. Followed by cannabis (28%), and heroin (21%). The tramadol was the first to inhibit all sensory centers in the whole body, not just the pain. Sensation of those around him He warned that Voodoo is a very dangerous drug to the nervous system and threatens life, so that the traffickers call it "devil's drug" or "blue elephant" or "amulet". It is more dangerous than the previous drugs. There is also the satanic combination of estrox It controls the central nervous system of the human being and is fully anesthetized. It infects girls with infertility, low fertility, deformity of fetuses, madness and death by sudden heart attack. Rat for young people to watch out of the drug, which is disguised in the form of a plant aromatic, which threatens disaster to build the future, with the need to warn of the anesthetic «Filaka», one of the most dangerous new drug is similar to cocaine but a very rapid impact and works within one minute.
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