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Iranwire – One out of every 52 Iranians sought treatment – voluntarily or involuntarily – at an addiction rehabilitation center during the Persian year that ended in March 2022, according to Iran Open Data.
According to data from the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, more than 1.6 million people in Iran sought treatment for their addiction, the collaborative initiative said in a recent article.
Among them, 491,000 individuals sought out these centers by themselves or with the help of family members, while 109,000 others were sent there by judicial authorities under Article 16 of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
This article states: “Drug addicts and people who use psychotropic substances will be kept in governmental and authorized medical centers for one to three months by order of a judicial official, and their stay can be extended according to the judicial authority’s verdicts.”
Official statistics also indicate an increase in the seizure of illegal drugs in recent years, Iran Open Data said, adding that such seizures exceeded 100,000 tons per year in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. At least 75 percent of the seized narcotic substances was heroin
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Iran Open Data’s original article in Persian is available here.
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