University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Public Policy 2538-5577 4 4 2019 02 20 Investigating the Inefficiency Causes of Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran Investigating the Inefficiency Causes of Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran 113 131 69720 10.22059/ppolicy.2019.69720 FA Masuood Mahdavian Far Ph.D Student of Public Policy, Department of Political Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University Hossein Masoudnia Associate Professor of Political Science Department, Isfahan University Mohammad Reza Yazdani Zazerani Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University 0000-0002-7153-2405 Journal Article 2019 02 05 Drug abuse has always been an issue for the people and policy makers in Iran. Based on the national survey of Iranian values and attitudes, Iranians have placed addiction after unemployment and gravity in the third rating of their society. The current paper, addresses the causes of policy ineffectiveness of the Islamic Republic of Iran in primary prevention of drug abuse. The method of research is the qualitative method of Grounded theory and the statistical population consisted of four groups of policymakers, executives, pundits and beneficiaries (improved addicts). The data collected in the coding process have been analyzed and about 282 primary concepts, 22 are axial concepts and, finally, 3 selective codes are recognized in the pathology of policies. Findings shows that the three common categories in terms of theoretical, political and social causes are the main causes of inefficiency in the primary prevention of drug abuse policies in Iran. Drug abuse has always been an issue for the people and policy makers in Iran. Based on the national survey of Iranian values and attitudes, Iranians have placed addiction after unemployment and gravity in the third rating of their society. The current paper, addresses the causes of policy ineffectiveness of the Islamic Republic of Iran in primary prevention of drug abuse. The method of research is the qualitative method of Grounded theory and the statistical population consisted of four groups of policymakers, executives, pundits and beneficiaries (improved addicts). The data collected in the coding process have been analyzed and about 282 primary concepts, 22 are axial concepts and, finally, 3 selective codes are recognized in the pathology of policies. Findings shows that the three common categories in terms of theoretical, political and social causes are the main causes of inefficiency in the primary prevention of drug abuse policies in Iran. https://jppolicy.ut.ac.ir/article_69720_86185bd3891e4ecdc0aaf841de86b1a2.pdf