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Nowadays, illicit drug use is a significant issue in most societies, with numerous personal and social consequences. Drug abuse coexists with physical, psychological, and behavioral disorders, as well as results in family conflicts. From the point of view of society, illicit drug use also leads to depreciated social and financial wealth, reduced moral and social security, undermined economy, and transmuted culture [1].

Despite appalling social attitude toward drug use, different classes of society are seriously involved with this growing issue. According to the previous statistics, in Iran, almost 2,808,000 people depend on some kind of illicit drugs. The growth rate of addiction is noticeably increasing, and there has been a rising trend for substance dependence in Iran. Newer drugs can cause far more dangerous personal and social harm with easier methods of consumption than that of opioids (such as opium and heroin) and have complicated prevention strategies and control over addiction [2].