Word: sabzavar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They were the first victims of the world's toughest narcotics law. Iran's vigorous police campaign began 14 years ago, when health officials discovered to their alarm that 1 Iranian in 10 was an addict (total population 20 million in 1955). In some villages such as Sabzavar (pop. 40,000), where the soil is conducive to the growing of poppies, virtually everybody above the age of five smoked opium. Over the years, a government crackdown against poppy growing reduced Iran's addicts to 35,000. However, smugglers began bringing in opium from Turkey and Afghanistan...
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