Problems related to drug abuse, Particularly with regard to the special situation of Iran, have caused considerable concerns among decision-makers of Iranian criminal policy. This article intends to describe measures taken for elminating these problems and concerns. These measures, on one hand, seek to reach more compliance with international conventions through drafting acts to criminalize money laundering and elimination of problems resulted from changing the drug abuse patterns. On the other hand, they promise to diminish problems related to drug abuse by determining a special system for criminal responsibility of addicts and diversifying responses of the society to crime and delinquency and drug-relate crimes especially through drafting community-based punishments act. This article also describes the criminal policy based on zero tolerance in two decades ago and the rise of new criminal policy