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6 available 6 • View allWhat are the possibilities to defend a drug case for personal use?
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Q: Hi
What are the possibilities to defend a drug case for personal use and urine test is positive?
Is there any way to defend the charges?

Sep 21, 2021
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Punishment for the possession of drugs in the UAE



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Q: What is the punishment duration for my friend who got drugs?
He got caught by the CID and he is in Alaweer jail for almost 2 months.




Apr 2, 2020
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Arrested for possession of a drug while it is not his




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Q: Hi,
My husband was caught by CID for consuming and possessing of 0.1 gram of Meth in his car. However, it belongs to his friend, but he has been charged for these two cases.
Can we get bail and close the case?
He is born and brought up in UAE, his full family is here and this is the first time. He is not an addict.
Please help!





Mar 10, 2020
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Carrying prohibited drugs necessary for a child while travelng to the UAE


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Q: Dear sir/madam,
I will be traveling to the UAE on a visit visa with my family.
My 3-year-old child gets seizures when he has a fever and so we need to keep two drugs with us at all times which are Clobazam and Midazolam which appears to be on the scheduled 1v of prohibited drugs list which probably means I can't bring the meds with us.
However, as you can guess, we cannot go without the meds as they are anti-seizure so please advise if we can carry them with a prescription.



Nov 10, 2022
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My brother is in jail because he shared a banned medicine with someone. How to bail him out?



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Q: My brother is in jail because he shared the medicine with someone and he didn't know it was banned in the UAE.
Someone told him to bring it from his home country because medicine is expensive here. He gives it to someone by hand and he doesn't know about it. He doesn't use or sell.
He is in jail for 2 months. His case is still under investigation. How much time for the judgment?
He told me he has a case of Tarweej (promoting) in Arabic. I don't know about this case and what punishment he will get.
Can he go out on bail? Any deposit for bail?
Please guide me.




Jan 26, 2024
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As a tourist visiting the UAE, am I allowed to carry my HIV medication?


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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
As a tourist visiting the UAE for travel and tourism purposes for only 4 days, am I allowed to carry my HIV medication?
After the UAE, I will be traveling to India for 20 days, so I will have medication for a total of 26 days with me when I enter the UAE.
How can I travel and enter?



Apr 24, 2024
462
Legal blog
2 available 2 • View allLaw on Drug Use & Rehabilitation in the UAE 5
An interview-format article covering the topic of drug use and rehabilitation in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.
May 9, 2021
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Drug Crimes Under UAE Criminal Law 2
A legal concept upheld by the Federal Supreme Court states that drug use is not prosecuted by UAE courts if the offense occurred abroad. A positive drug test is accepted as proof of drug use, but it does not reveal whether the drug use occurred domestically or abroad. It is necessary to establish the crime's location in order to decide if the UAE courts have the authority to investigate it or if foreign courts should have jurisdiction over it.
Feb 2, 2024
656
Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code 29
This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.
Dec 8, 1987
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Federal Law No. (35) of 1992 Concerning The Criminal Procedural Law 14
The law promulgates UAE Criminal Procedural Law (Penal Procedures Law) which governs criminal procedures in the UAE. This law applies to the procedures relating to offences whose punishments are not specified, dogma and punitive offences, and blood money, if they do not violate the Sharia rules.
Jun 15, 1992
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