Opium in Iran

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Opium in Iran is widely available, and the country has been estimated to have the highest per capita number of opioid addicts in the world^[1][2] at a rate of 2.8% of Iranians over age 15. The Iranian government estimates the number of addicts at 2 million.^[3] Opium and heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan—known collectively as the Golden Crescent—pass through Iran's eastern borders in large amounts.^[3] Iran burned 56 tons of Illicit Drugs on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.^[4]