KUWAIT CITY, Dec 27: Doctors and health officials have warned of the growing phenomenon of electronic smoking in society, stressing that specialized studies and research have proven that this type of smoking damages the brain and raises levels of depression among addicts, reports Al-Qabas daily. The
‘Political crises threaten youths’
KUWAIT CITY, April 29: President of the Arab Union for the Prevention of Addiction, Dr Ahmad Abu Al-Azayem (Cairo) and the Secretary-General of the Union, Dr Khaled Al-Saleh (Kuwait) expressed the union’s concern reports of increasing organized drug smuggling activities in the Gulf states and Arab countries undertaken by wellknown people. The Arab countries are plagued by political crises, which constitute a dangerous focus in our Arab world that works to destroy our promising youth in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, as well as the rest of the Arab countries.
The union affirmed that the issue of drug abuse is one of the biggest challenges threatening the development in the Arab countries, especially as it is specifically directed at young people who are the source of fuel and hope for the future, pointing out that the studies published about drugs in the Arab world have revealed a significant increase in consumption of hallucination