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| Report: More Than a Million Alcohol Drinkers in Iran |
| 2014-05-21 |
| [AnNahar] More than a million Iranians out of a population of 77 million drink alcohol, a participant in the country's First World Congress on Alcohol Abuse was quoted Tuesday as saying. The ISNA news agency attributed the comments to Dr. Reza Afshari, president of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology, based on a year-long study that ended in March 2013. "More than a million Iranians drink alcohol. Thirty percent of drinkers are women and 70 percent men," Afshari said. At the end of last year, Iran opened its first detoxification center for alcoholics, whose number the Iranian authorities estimate at 200,000 nationwide. Drinking, possessing and selling alcohol have been illegal since the 1979 revolution, and only the Christian minority has the right to produce it. Because of the scale of the problem in Iran, police often mount roadside breath-test checks, with offenders being fined two million rials ($60, 44 euros). Much of the alcohol consumed in Iran is smuggled in from Iraqi Kurdistan, but Iranians can buy locally made alcohol cheaper. Media reports often speak of people dying after drinking adulterated alcohol. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 A lot of people drink in supposed "dry" Islamic countries. Their laws worked about as well as ours did during the Prohibition era. I see this as an opportunity. Cultural understanding and peace promotion. Kill the clerics and have a huge kegger with the people. So simple it just might work! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-05-21 11:35 |
| #1 All wishful thinking. The Iranians are unhappy, true. So some drink. But that is only because they are pious Moslems who truly believe in the pure Truth of the Koran. Ask one. There are also a lot of people who do hard drugs. Most of the Poppy crop in Afghanistan that is processed in Pakistan is distributed through Sistan Province in Iran. Dope is cheaper than a pint of milk, in Iran. But then the Iranians like rose water flavored Ice cream too. I don't know what the Prostitution levels are among Moslems coming out of the Madrassas, but if you look at the lines in some secluded graveyards.... |
| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-05-21 07:31 |