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The number of people arrested for drug possession, trafficking, use, and promotion in Jordan reached 25,776 last year, according to the annual report of the National Center for Human Rights.
The report, reviewed by 'Al-Mamlaka', showed a decrease in drug-related crimes in 2025 compared to 2024, with 15,720 cases of drug possession and use, compared to 25,919 cases in 2024, a decrease of about 39%.
Drug trafficking crimes also decreased to 10,056 crimes in 2025, compared to 12,863 crimes in 2024, a decrease of about 22%.
Thus, the total number of possession, use, and trafficking crimes recorded in the table was 25,776 in 2025, compared to 38,782 in 2024, a decrease of about 34%.
The Center monitored the continued implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Drug Prevention, and the continued management of the Drug Control Department in awareness, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation, to protect young people in particular and society in general, in partnership between official institutions and civil society to reduce drugs.
The report pointed to the launch of the awareness campaign 'Yes to Life... No to Drugs', targeting young people and students of Yarmouk University, with the aim of enhancing community awareness of the dangers of drugs and ways to prevent them.
It also monitored the inauguration by the Reform and Rehabilitation Centers Department of a new expansion for the addiction treatment center at the Birin Reform and Rehabilitation Center, with the aim of providing free and intensive recovery programs for inmates, and enhancing the efficiency and capabilities of the addiction treatment center, which the report described as a leading model in the field of drug control and treatment of addicts.
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