Document Type : Scientific-Research
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Alzahra University
2 PhD Candidate in History of Iran, International Imam Khomeini University of Qazvin
Abstract
Opium addiction and use of it as drug goes back to Safavid and Qajar dynasties. in Pahlavi era taking opium as medicine and its prescription by traditional healers as a soothing substance increased the consumption of opium. Production and trade of opium was due to play an important role in the economy, the social context was considered an effective product that will affect the lives of individual community. Since opium was an important commercial good, cultivation and production of it spread among different classes, and consequently consumption and its use spread. As a result the phenomenon of addiction and its damaging consequences plagued the society. In general lack of awareness and lack of community cultural development as well as other factors affected the prevalence of substance use. As a result, drug addiction, trafficking, theft and frequent types of crime can be considered as devastating consequences for society of opium production in the first Pahlavi era. The present survey using analytical methods and relying on unpublished documents, newspapers, magazines and books will be on a first side of common reasons for growing opium and its adverse social impact on society, and should be reviewed.
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