3 million opiate users in Iran

Posted on April 27, 2008
Filed Under Middle East, global drug trade |

According to the 2006 International Narcotic Control Strategy, there are an estimated 3 million opiate users in Iran, with “60 percent reported as addicted to various opiates and 40 percent reported as casual users.”

Source: United States Department of State, 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Africa and the Middle East”, March 2006.

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