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brian121
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15-05-2005 12:14 AM
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| Found this info on the fair trials abroad website , it would seem that no pain killers are allowed in the UAE.This must be quite a concern for anybody going there on holiday,as i thought it was only drugs made from poppys(info mother) that were not allowed.After the recent false imprisonment and torture of Tracy Willkinson should the goverment not make the position clear,I know its always a risk going on holiday to a 3rd world country but please ,we must respect local customs,but do you want to spend your hard earned £s in any country that treats tourists in this way. Your thoughts please
_QUOTE FROM FAIR TRIALS ABROAD
For ourselves we continue to be concerned that the situation under Emirates law is that it is a criminal offence to carry use or have used so that remains in your body any mind altering substance or indeed medicine without prescription and this would, as we understand it, include all pain killers e.g. panadol even though they are freely available over the counter in Western Europe
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Mal 54
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15-05-2005 04:56 PM
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| "Found this info on the fair trials abroad website , it would seem that no pain killers are allowed in the UAE.This must be quite a concern for anybody going there on holiday,as i thought it was only drugs made from poppys(info mother) that were not allowed.After the recent false imprisonment and torture of Tracy Willkinson should the goverment not make the position clear,I know its always a risk going on holiday to a 3rd world country but please ,we must respect local customs,but do you want to spend your hard earned £s in any country that treats tourists in this way. Your thoughts please
_QUOTE FROM FAIR TRIALS ABROAD
For ourselves we continue to be concerned that the situation under Emirates law is that it is a criminal offence to carry use or have used so that remains in your body any mind altering substance or indeed medicine without prescription and this would, as we understand it, include all pain killers e.g. panadol even though they are freely available over the counter in Western Europe" --- brian121
Hi Brian121
Your message is really interesting, yes, I agree the government should make it known to visitors to Dubai the consequences of using un-priscribed pain killers, And we should respect their laws. Do you mean the Arab Government, or Uk?. My question is though, I don't understand when the Fair trials abroad quotes: all pain killers, we have a student staying with us from Dubai he brought with him Panadol, asprin and Ibroprofen? doesnt make sense really does it? Unless, I have never asked him this he was prescribed them by his doctor. I must admit the Arabs are walking chemists, they take medicine for everything (the ones we have stay with us anyway). We have always thought about going to Dubai, now I think we might just give it a miss.
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brian121
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15-05-2005 05:12 PM
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| Mother I think you have hit the nail on the head , its all a very grey area.
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Mal 54
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16-05-2005 11:29 AM
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| "Mother I think you have hit the nail on the head , its all a very grey area." --- brian121
Hi again Brian
I asked our student last night if he was prescribed his painkillers by his doctor and he said "no he bought them from the pharmacy" in Dubai! Sounds like it's ok for them, but not us, worth thinking about.
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05-06-2005 05:36 PM
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| Maybe, just maybe there was another reason for her detention and the pain killers are not the reason! As a precaution ask your doctor or pharmacist to print out ALL medications you intend to take on holiday on the blank side of a script document.
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