Analyzing the Challenges of Policy, Legislation and Executive Aspects of Addiction in Iran “Report of The specialized meetings of the mental health group of The Iranian Academy of Medial Sciences”

Addiction has always been one of the main challenges of the country. Due to The complexity of addiction dimensions, Comprehensive review, Understanding and solving the challenges ahead is essential. Observation of the mental health status and addiction is one of the duties of the mental health group of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences. The group consists of leading academic professors and executive experts in the field of mental health, sociology and science of addiction. The group tries to provide a forum for the promotion of mental health in the framework of the general mission of the Academy.
To do this, simultaneously with the consensus of experts, it uses the scientific, cultural, and Islamic capacities of the country. The main purpose of the meetings was to analyze the current status of addiction in the country, in order to provide practical suggestions for improving the situation.
We hope that with the implementation of these suggestions, we will see improvements. During the meeting, the participants participated in scientific lecture, critiques and presenting the data on the importance of the addiction topic; the prevalence, treatment, structure, and law of countering narcotics in country and its Executive actions. In this context, eight sessions(sessions27to34) in years95-96focused on the concept, the state of addiction and its challenges ahead in Iran compared with the world. The findings of this meeting, in the form of the conclusion of considered issues picked up from mentioned specialized meeting are set out. Studying the facing addiction challenges of the considered issues to inform the relevant authorities has been the result of the group's consensus. Considering the importance of the concept of addiction and considering its challenges ahead, the results of this specialized meeting on studying this issue and providing suggestions to inform to answerable organizations, policy makers or administrators, will be practical.