What do addicts want from this hotline? / Ask me! Special for addicts

Fars News Agency Community Group: What do you know about the national addiction line with the four-digit number 09628? What percentage of addicts and their families in Iran are aware of the existence of a specialized line for addiction? The National Addiction Line was launched in March 2009 to provide addiction prevention services through a memorandum of cooperation between the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters and the Welfare Organization.

But how many people do you think have called the National Addiction Line in the last six months? In an interview with a Fars reporter, the head of the Addiction Prevention and Treatment Development Center of the Welfare Organization announced the statistics of calls made to the National Addiction Line from the beginning of 1400 to the end of October and said: In the first six months of the year, 281,276 people called the National Line. Addiction called. 82% of callers were women; Women, most of whom were mothers or wives of addicts.

Frequently Asked Questions from the National Addiction Line

But what were the most common questions from callers to the National Addiction Line? Dr. “Fatemeh Rezvan Madani” said in this regard: “Asking for help and guidance in persuading the addicted person for treatment, requesting the arrest of the addicted person due to family harassment and asking for guidance in choosing an addiction treatment center, respectively, ask the most questions from national addiction experts.” Dedicated to himself.

* 13 years without media support in introducing the national addiction line

According to statistics, there are about 2.8 million addicts in Iran. On the other hand, the number of people in the community who deal with this phenomenon through their addicted family members is many times more than addicts, but the number of 281,000 calls to the National Addiction Line in six months shows that most people with addiction have such a problem. Linear do not know!

The question is why, despite 13 years since the launch of the National Addiction Line, almost all addicts are still unaware of its existence. The head of the Welfare Organization’s Addiction Prevention and Treatment Development Center said: “Information about this system should be strengthened.” The Welfare Organization provides information on the National Addiction Line in all affiliated centers. Has prepared teasers and published them on the organization’s website. But this is not enough, and the media must be the foundation of the welfare organization to introduce the national line of addiction. Radio and Television also has an important role in this regard, but of course, no price has been paid to this issue by Radio and Television.

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It is not bad to know that the National Addiction Counseling Line is ready to answer and advise people who need specialized information about addiction prevention, addictive substances and possibly treatment methods every day from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Calls to this center are made from all parts of the country, far and near, without dialing the code.

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