Q: My friend was caught 2 months ago for an attempt of promoting drugs. 3 days later, I was taken for questioning and they did a test which was positive (crystal meth) and I was released on the 3rd day. A few days ago, I received a message saying I should attend a court hearing this 30th. My question is, will there be any deportation? Or will I have to pay a fine? I was caught for consumption only, not promoting neither possession.

Q: Drug takes provocation Hello everyone. I have a short story about what happens with my friend on 1st July 2019. She was invited for a birthday celebration in one club in Barsha with 2 of her friends. Once she went to the washroom with her friend, she met there an English girl. She proposed her to have cocaine and my friend agreed to take it but her friend pushed her to do it too, she said okay, we do it, why not. My friend was already under alcohol effection and you know dear lawyers how it works. They made it in the female washroom. The next day, they opened the door (home) and the police came to her home and arrested her. So, the urine test was positive for cocaine. I have 100% feeling her friend cooperated with CID and she pushes the girls to do it, then she reports it to her friend (CID). As I hear she have an issue (legal) and maybe she makes that to my friend because she makes a deal in that dirty way.

Q: My husband has been accused of being involved in drugs. He has been detained by the police since July 3, 2018. He is accused of using drugs and they did not release high drug test results. Until now, we have no update on his case. Can I bail him out? How can he go out of prison and what should I do? I am his wife and I am 7 months pregnant. We have a business which we opened in Feb 2018. The business is failing and losing a lot of money because the business needs my husband to operate it. I am just desperate as he needs to be freed because his name was just given by someone who is really positive in using drugs. They just pointed out his name that's why he ended up there in the police station.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I have a friend who has a drug case. He has been in jail for 5 months. How can I request kafala?

Q: Hi, A criminal case (drugs) is being transferred from Sharjah to Dubai Public Prosecution, and the accused has been shifted to a Dubai police station. However, no case details are registered in Dubai Public Prosecution. What should be the next procedure? How can we get the new case number? Can we apply for bail in this case by visiting the police station?

Q: Hi! I would like to apply for bail for an accused in a drug case in Dubai Public Prosecution. What will be the cost of hiring a lawyer only for applying for bail? Please quote the price.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The provisions of this Federal Decree-Law No. (31) of 2021 Promulgating the Crimes and Penalties Law, known as the "New UAE Penal Code", governs criminal actions in the United Arab Emirates. The New Penal Code repeals the previous UAE Penal Code (Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code).