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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2019

Maziyar Ghiabi
Maziyar Ghiabi
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Drugs Politics
Managing Disorder in the Islamic Republic of Iran
 , pp. xix - xx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019
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English Glossary

ATS

Amphetamine-type stimulants (e.g. ectasy, meth)

BMT

Buprenorphine maintenance treatment (aka BST)

DCHQ

Drug control headquarters (see Setad)

HRI (aka IHRA)

Harm Reduction International

INCAS

Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies

INCB

International Narcotics Control Board

IRGC

Islamic Revolution Guardian Corps (see Pasdaran)

IRIB

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (see Seda va Sima)

MENAHRA

Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association

MMT

Methadone maintenance treatment (aka MST)

NAJA

Iranian National Police

NEP

Needle exchange programme

TC

Therapeutic communities (see Camp)

UNODC

United National Office on Drugs and Crime

WHO

World Health Organisation

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