Pubdate: Sun, 09 Sep 2012
Source: National, The (UAE)
Copyright: 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Company
Contact:  http://www.thenational.ae/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4896
Author: Wafa Issa

FINANCIAL AID FOR FAMILIES OF 80 DRUG ADDICTS

DUBAI - The families of about 80 convicted Emirati drug addicts
received financial aid from The Dubai Islamic Humanitarian Foundation
and Dubai Police last year.

A scheme that provides food vouchers worth Dh750-1,000 that can be
used in Union cooperatives is to be expanded this year to cover study
allowances and medical help and will no longer be limited to the
families of drug offenders.

"This aid plays an important role in both protecting other family
members from following the same path and preventing recently recovered
addicts from re-offending," said Major General Khamis Al Muzeina, the
deputy head of Dubai Police.

Yesterday the police signed an Memorandum of Understanding with the
foundation in a sign of increasing cooperation between the two bodies
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