Iranian Use More Than Two Tons Of Narcotics Every Day

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Iranian Use More Than Two Tons Of Narcotics Every Day

Iranians use more than two metric tons of narcotic drugs per day, a member of Majles (Iran’s parliament) has cited the head of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH), Eskandar Momeni as saying.

The spokesman of parliament's judicial and legal committee, Hassan Norouzi disclosed on Sunday, July 14, that the DCH head told members of parliament about the high rate of narcotics use in the country.

Last year, Iran’s interior minister said that 3 percent of the country’s population is addicted to drugs, mostly heroin. On international scale this is a high number, but not one of the highest in the world. But if the age group is narrowed to 15-64 year olds, the percentage jumps to 5.4.

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