Iranian MP: Drug Treatment Costs in Iran Equals Country's Health Sector Budget

Iranian MP: Drug treatment costs in Iran equals country's health sector budget
In December 2012, Mehr quoted director of drug research and training center Hamid Serami as saying that according to the latest statistics, 1.325 million of people in Iran are drug addicts. Serami said the mentioned number of drug addicts make up for 2 … Read more on Trend.az

Drug cases filling prisons
Drug cases comprise the biggest portion of local federal prosecutors' workloads. In the 12 months prior to March 2013, prosecutors in the Northern District of Florida brought felony charges against 312 defendants. Nearly a third, 101, of those … Read more on The News Herald

Not enough being done about underage drinking
While those 2010 statistics are worrying, Denise Chin, treatment officer at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), said there have been improvements in recent times, but underage drinking is still a concern. "We have been making some effort to … Read more on Jamaica Gleaner