10 percent of drug addicts in Iran are women: official

  1. Society
July 17, 2016 - 10:7

TEHRAN – Women make up 10 percent of drug addicts in Iran, the chairman of State Welfare Organization of Iran said here on Saturday.

The statistics is worrying, Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpei said, adding, rehabilitating female addicts is one of the priorities of the organization.
If a man is addict, his wife can control the family properly, but if a woman is addicted the foundation of the family will be ruined, IRNA quoted Mohseni-Bandpei as saying.
The official put emphasis on keeping women away from addiction rather than rehabilitating them.
The society should be informed of consequences of addiction, he noted.
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