Iran spends billions on combating against drug addiction
Iran annually spends 70,000 billion rials ($5,7 billion based on official USD rate) on fighting against drug addiction (prevention and treatment) in the country, deputy head of State Welfare Organization of Iran, Ferid Barati said, Mehr news agency reported.
Barati noted that 71,8 percent of drug addicts in Iran are in
the 18-25 age range, and noted that the drug problem among the
youth in the country is serious.
He went on to note that Iran shares a big amount in opium
consumption in the world, the main reason of which is country's
common borders with Afghanistan.
Iran shares about 900 kilometers of common border with Afghanistan,
through which about 74 percent of opium smuggling goes through.
According to official statistics, there are about 2 million of drug
addicts living in Iran.
The Islamic Republic has, in recent years, intensified its fight
against drug smuggling.
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