The Drug Market in Iran

Fariborz Raisdana and Ahmad Gharavi Nakhjavani
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Fariborz Raisdana: Tehran (National University of Iran) and London (London School of Economics and City University)
Ahmad Gharavi Nakhjavani: Tehran and graduated from Azad Tehran University

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2002, vol. 582, issue 1, 149-166

Abstract: This article reviews the history of the opium and heroin market in Iran, presents recent figures on the economics of drug trafficking, summarizes factors that influence supply and demand, and quantitatively analyzes the market. It analyzes economic causes and motives of supply and demand, plus risk of seizure, and the socioeconomic characteristics of consumers and retailers. All these factors support conclusions about price trends, their causes and results, the function of the market and the individual motives of its people of the different socioeconomic groups, particularly the youth.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1177/000271620258200111

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