Shocking Figures on Widespread Addiction Among Iranian Students

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/blog/22952-shocking-figures-on-widespread-addiction-among-iranian-students

By Mahmoud Hakamian

It’s no secret to anyone today that the social crises in Iran are totally the result of Iranian regime’s predatory, anti-people policies over the past four decades.

Yet, one of the darkest pages of the regime’s disgraceful rule is related to addiction and widespread use of drugs, particularly among children and students. This is even more widespread among children living in marginal urban areas as there’s a direct relation between poverty and homelessness on one hand and addiction on the other.

To prove the point, state-run ILNA news agency acknowledges on 26 May 2017 that “with increased marginalization, addiction among children and teenagers spreads as much, as this section of society is highly subject to social harms. It should not be ignored that poor family conditions is the reason behind 90 percent of addiction cases among youth.”

It’s quite clear that the dimensions of Iran’s extensive poverty and the harms it brings is beyond that acknowledged by regime’s media and officials, since due to regime’s anti-people, predatory policies, unfair distribution of wealth, and increased gap between rich and poor, the middle class has been practically destroyed and pushed towards poor, low-income segments, so that a large part of the population can’t afford a living place in cities due to extreme poverty, thus being forced to find refuge in marginal urban areas.