An Iranian drug control official confesses: Opium has become expensive, glass is cheap
An Iranian anti-narcotics official said that the drug meth has replaced methamphetamine in Iran, and called the prevalence of meth use in Iran, especially among students, worrisome.
Mohammad Ali Asadi, secretary of the Tehran Province Anti-Narcotics Coordination Council, said on Monday, June 17: "The most common drug used in the country is opium, and industrial drugs are also crystal meth and flower. Currently, flower has replaced crystal meth."
He said that this year the price of drugs, including opium, heroin, and hashish, has increased by 17 percent, but the price of crystal meth has decreased by 49 percent.
According to him, currently the highest age of addiction in Tehran province is between 18 and 25 years old.
In the last census conducted 4 years ago, the number of addicts in Iran was announced to be around 2.8 million.
Source: Voice of America
