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Cannabis in Iran
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Cannabis is illegal in Iran, but the law is often not strictly enforced.[1][2][3] The use of cannabis has become increasingly popular in Iranian cities according to various reports, although the government does not keep official usage statistics.[4][5]
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In 1989 the Iranian government enacted a law providing the death penalty for possession of hashish in excess of five kilograms.[6]
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History
The popularization of cannabis is apocryphally attributed to Sheikh Haydar (d. 1221 CE), a Sufi saint who lived in Khurasan province of what is now Iran.[7]
Reform
In 2015, Saeed Sefatian, who leads the working group on drug demand reduction within the Council for the Discernment of the Expediency of the State (or Expediency Council) presented a lecture outlining steps towards legalizing cannabis.[8]
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