Comparative Study of Criminal Policy in Drugs with a Look at Criminal Policy of Iran

After the announcement of war on drug in the 1970s in the United States of America and its undesirable results, the necessity of alteration of confronting ways has been taken into account and a different policy, different from that tough one, has been exercised. This article seeks to examine and explain United States of America’s “national drug control strategy”, as a country of those dealing with drug problem. Regarding that in terms of that problem, Iran has some similarities in some aspect with United States of America, so the similar action namely “general policies of fighting against drug” is also mentioned. Actually, examining these strategies and policies, it finds out that those like a balanced criminal policy is to use all capacity and attempt to provide society with security, as much as better. These strategies and policies, in a broad spectrum include prevention, early intervention, treatment, rehabilitation, international cooperation and criminal justice reform. Consequently, these strategies and policies are to be efficient control of drug in both national and international level, which in resolving drug problem not focus merely on posterior penal response but take into account the anterior non penal response.