Drugs, Deviancy and Democracy in Iran

The Interaction of State and Civil Society

By Janne Bjerre Christensen

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Publish Date

2011

Publisher

I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited

Language

eng

Pages

296

Description:

Explores the mounting problems of drug use in Iran, how treatment became legalized in 1998, how local NGOs offer methadone treatment in Tehran and face continuous political challenges in doing so, and how drug use is critically discussed in Iranian media and cinema.--From publisher description.

subjects: Government policy, Mass Media, Drugs and mass media, Substance-Related Disorders, Drug abuse, Public Policy, Iran, social conditions, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects

Places: Iran