BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF DRUG ABUSE IN IRAN

During the recent decades, Iran has suffered from drug abuse and its consequences. Although the practice of smoking opium is not a novel issue and has been present in this country since centuries, it has currently turned into a malignant social phenomenon with widespread social, psychological, familial and economic clamity. Emergence of intravenous drug use along with transmission of infectious diseases including HIV and HCV has added further to the burden. This brief review intends to offer a look at the drug abuse scene in Iran.