Orbits: Narcotics’ Invisible War

By: Muawad Mustafa Rashid

Sudanese Anti-drug General Directorate revealed invisible war run by an international mafia, adding that the mafia found new markets in Sudan.
The mafia works according to precise planning targeting youth.
The Anti-drug General Directorate warned against the aggravation of the phenomenon of narcotics spread, calling on all community sectors to coordinate in order to curb this phenomenon considering it as one of the real threats facing the Sudanese society through targeting its youth.
The international community admits that despite the great efforts exerted, still the issue is aggravating due to the challenges ahead including the legal, health and globalization.
The media has its crucial role in awareness and building a healthy society.
It is good that the Anti-drug Directorate is planning to adapt a workshop on drug issue in coordination with Sudanese Journalists Union and the National Press and Printing Council.
In this regard I recall the directive issued some time ago by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in which all the working staff in Saudi Arabia will be subject to medical checks every two months to detect the rate of narcotics in the body.
The directives stipulate that anyone who is found to have narcotics in their blood will be fired from their position and will never be appointed again in any governmental institution.
I believe such decisive resolutions represent the real war against narcotics and its derivatives.
It represents a successful step towards an effective treatment for drug addicts.
I hope that our concerned parties will work out a plan to apply such a decision which serves the community and contribute in bringing out the drug addicts from deadly pitfalls.
When applying the decision, it is definite that all the employers who use drugs will reconsider their choices to avoid losing their jobs and at the same time the decision will make employees and workers concentrate more on their work and increasing productivity.
In Sudan we are suffering from the phenomenon considering that the drugs here represent a scary ‘bogeyman’ which destroys the minds of our youth, hence leading to the spread of all kinds of crimes.
On the other hand Sudan is a crossing for the illegal migration and human trafficking due to its vast borders with other neighbouring countries, so it is difficult to control the smugglers and those who promote it.
There is nothing wrong from benefiting from the experiences of other countries as long as they are useful, as the war against narcotics or other applications which contribute to development in various fields.