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  • Title: Drug addicts seeking treatment after the Iranian Revolution: a clinic-based study.
    Author: Dalvand S, Agahi C, Spencer C.
    Journal: Drug Alcohol Depend; 1984 Sep; 14(1):87-92. PubMed ID: 6489156.
    Abstract:
    A sample survey of 200 addicts attending the Rehabilitation Centre at Shiraz was conducted after the 1979 Iranian Revolution had disrupted both drug supply and addict treatment programmes. The study showed that clinics were, after the revolution, seeing a broader social range of addicts than before; and that action by the authorities was bringing many recently-addicted individuals to clinics. Heroin use predominated among those who were urban residents, whilst villagers were more likely to be opium users. The survey also sought the addicts' perceptions of the reasons for their initiation and addiction.
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