Dubai Police recorded 17 cases of the use of mixtures intended for e-cigarettes containing types of drugs, according to a recent study prepared by the General Department of Criminal Evidence, which warned of the spread of misuse of these cigarettes despite their ban on circulation in the country.
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• Although the circulation of these cigarettes is prohibited in the country, they are easily promoted through social networks and some commercial centers. • Laboratory engineered drugs The expert, the first chemist in the General Department of Forensic Evidence, Colonel Khaled Al-Sumaiti, said that the efforts of the Dubai Police in monitoring everything new in the world of drugs do not stop at all in light of the development of criminal methods and the innovation of new types of laboratory-engineered drugs, pointing to the monitoring of a new drug globally whose strength is increasing. Four times more than heroin, and one drop of it can kill a person in minutes, indicating that the specialized agencies around the world are trying to find a way to combat this drug due to its destructive effects. |
The study, conducted by experts Saif Al-Din Al Khalil, Iman Saeed Al-Mazrouei and Aisha Ali bin Tamim, stated that according to the cases received by the administration, the misuse of these cigarettes has been repeated and their exploitation to abuse certain types of drugs, pointing out that there are different forms of electronic cigarettes, but the most common are In these cases, they are provided with liquid mixtures that are fixed in cigarettes and consumed.
She pointed out that 103 samples of electronic cigarettes seized by the police were examined, and it was found that 17 of them were misused in drug abuse, including 14 samples that were used in the abuse of what is known as cannabis oil, and two other samples were used in the abuse of five different types of drugs, and one sample was used in Using a different drug.
For his part, the expert, the first chemist in the General Department of Forensic Evidence, Colonel Khaled Al-Sumaiti, told Emirates Al-Youm that there were dozens of samples of e-cigarettes examined by the General Department of Criminal Evidence at Dubai Police, and it was proven that a large number of them contained substances listed in the drug schedule.
He added that the security services in the country paid attention early to the types of what are known as manufactured drugs, such as “Spice,” after they monitored their circulation in the form of “drugs” as well as Tramadol, pointing out that the manufacturers of these drugs deliberately changed their chemical composition to mislead the police and sell them as a new compound.
He explained that these drugs started in about 400 compounds, and now their number has exceeded 800 compounds, pointing out that in light of the spread of electronic cigarettes, these parties began mixing the liquid substances used in smoking these cigarettes with types of drugs, including Spice, and cannabis oil, which is The juice of the drug cannabis has a stronger effect, and other types of the drug family known as bath salts.
He stressed that the danger of this phenomenon lies in the fact that electronic cigarettes are more socially acceptable than their traditional counterparts, so you see their users smoking them in commercial centers, homes, and even in the workplace, as they are not harmful and provide an opportunity to quit smoking, considering that this is a big mistake and has provided the opportunity to expand their misuse. To the point of turning it into a tool for drug abuse, in addition to being in its natural state more dangerous than regular cigarettes.
He continued that although the circulation of these cigarettes is banned in the country, they are easily promoted, whether through social media networks or some commercial centres, stressing that this represents a great danger if they are not addressed early, as the country did with many other drugs and eliminated them before they were brought to light. Many other countries are paying attention to it.
He revealed the development of generations of these electronic cigarettes. In the beginning, they produced a large amount of smoke until they reached the point of not emitting smoke at all, which indicates that there is a demand for taking them to the point of development. There are also some countries that allow the circulation of mixtures containing substances. It is alcoholic, which opens the door to mixing it with drugs as well.
He pointed out that the study conducted by experts from the General Department of Criminal Evidence at Dubai Police concluded that the samples examined during the period from 2016 until this year demonstrated the misuse of e-cigarettes in drug abuse, and that the indicator is increasing in a disturbing manner, which necessitates the need to take more stringent measures. To prevent the circulation of these cigarettes, whether online or through centers that are involved in this, as well as ban their use.
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