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| quote: | Opium and heroin from Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer, as well as Pakistan flood across Iran's porous eastern borders.
Much of the world's opium seizures are made in Iran, where drugs cost only a fraction of their price in the West.
Officials acknowledge they only intercept a small proportion of the thousands of tonnes of drugs that pass through Iran each year.
The transit has created a domestic market. Officials say about two million in a nation of 66 million are addicted.
Hossein's wife said the poppy seed was a key element in the local culture.
"If someone comes to your home and you do not offer them a dish of opium on charcoal then they assume you are uncivilised," she said,
prompting Hossein to quickly offer to fire up a fresh batch. 
Several others confirmed Hossein's views, even though addicts are generally reluctant to admit their habit.
White-bearded Mohammad Emamifar, in a tent in another part of Bam, said he did not use opium but said the problem was widespread.
"The drug culture is very bad," he said. "But really the government must set up clinics to help these people." |
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