Deck 34: Drug Abuse in Iran: A Psychosocial Perspective Saeed Momtazi

Question 1

What is the major health problem in Iran?

A) HIV/AIDS
B) Teenage pregnancy
C) Alcohol abuse
D) Drug abuse

Answer 1

Drug abuse

Question 2

How many billions of cigarettes are produced by the Iranian Tobacco Company annually?

A) 15
B) 23
C) 12
D) 10

Answer 2

12

Question 3

What are the two countries with which Iran shares borders?

A) Portugal and Spain
B) Afghanistan and Pakistan
C) Iraq and Saudi Arabia
D) Argentina and Columbia

Answer 3

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Question 4

Approximately how many opium users are in Iran?

A) 1.2 million
B) 2.2 million
C) 1.8 million
D) 10 million

Question 5

Which country saw the development of the first addiction treatment center in the 1970s?

A) Afghanistan
B) Pakistan
C) Tehran
D) Iraq

Question 6

In which year the Islamic revolution happened that ceased programs like the addiction treatment center and the outpatient methadone program?

A) 1971
B) 1979
C) 1981
D) 1989

Question 7

Who changed all programs to criminalization, moralization, and supply reduction?

A) Iranian government
B) Iranian people
C) Iranian army
D) Iranian social work advocates

Question 8

What is the street name for methamphetamine in Iran?

A) Meth
B) Shisheh
C) Sheran
D) Tehran

Question 9

What medical condition saw an increase in numbers since 2007 as a result of an increase in methamphetamine use?

A) Seizures
B) Schizophrenia
C) High blood pressure
D) Cancer

Question 10

Drug abuse in Iran has serious cultural, social, religious, and political implications.

Question 11

Methamphetamine use originated in Afghanistan.

Question 12

Iranian legend reveals that alcohol consumption was part of the Iranian life and culture and that alcohol use remained despite prohibition.

Question 13

Political approaches were the only device employed to combat drug use and abuse.

Question 14

In Iran, just like in the U.S., there is a condemnation of tobacco, cannabis, and opium.

Question 15

The Iranian Ministry of Health established the National Committee of Harm Reduction in 2000.

Question 16

Iranian state law and acts allow for the provision of support packages, including education funds, for people in recovery.

Question 17

Mental health care providers, including social workers, display an unwillingness to work with heroin users.

Question 18

Iranian drug users are typically male, married, and employed.

Question 19

What are three consequencesof drug consumption?

Question 20

What are three responses that can be utilized by social workers engaging in work with Iranian drug users?

Question 21

Describethe impact and formation of drug use in parent-child relationships.

Question 22

Describe the five aspects of a complete social work assessment.

Question 23

Describe the geographical landscape of Iran including its neighboring countries and the drug implications that exist due to this landscape.