15 million Iranians vulnerable to drug abuse: police chief
Tehran Times Social Desk

TEHRAN -- National Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam has said that about 10 to 15 million people in Iran are vulnerable to drug abuse.

Speaking to the Mehr News Agency on Monday, Ahmadi-Moqaddam said that there are presently 1.2 million drug addicts in the country.

Drug addiction is on the top of the social problems that has caused so much concern in the society, he added.

Unfortunately, Ahmadi-Moqaddam said, campaigns against drug addiction would not produce the same results as campaigns against thugs or drug trafficking.

According to the official statistics, there are 1.2 million drug addicts in Iran while the unofficial sources show that the figure exceeds 6 million

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