دراسة استقصائية حول أعداد مدمني المخدِّرات في الدول العربية والمراكز الخاصة بعلاجهم ورعايتهم اللاحقة

Abstract

This study aims to identify the numbers of drug users in several Arab countries during the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of 2016, 2017, and 2018, according to available official statistics, and to learn the types and quantities of drugs and psychotropic substances seized in Arab countries according to the official statistics available during the first quarter of 2019. The study also seeks to identify the number of users, distributed according to the type of substance abuse during the first quarter of 2019, according to available official statistics. It also seeks to find out the most important treatment and aftercare centers for addicts in some Arab countries. The researcher uses the descriptive-survey method for statistics of some Arab countries on drug abuse and addiction. This study describes cases of abuse and addiction between 2016 and 2019. It reaches a set of results, one of which is that the number of drug users in 2016 reached 46,942 drug users, in 2017 it reached 126,216 drug users, during 2018 it reached 111,351 users, and the number of drug users during the first quarter of 2019 was 30,897 males and 248 females. Among the recommendations the study makes are the following: To prepare periodic Arab reports on the prevalence of drug abuse within Arab countries and the exchange of data and information between those countries To improve mechanisms for obtaining information on drug abuse in the Arab countries • To strengthen cooperation between Arab countries in the field of drug control