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Enforcement 🇰🇷 South Korea

South Korea counts more than 20,000 drug offenders for the first time

The prosecution service's yearly report recorded 27,611 people caught for drug offences in 2023, half as many again as the 18,395 of 2022. Teenagers numbered 1,477, three times the year before, and people in their twenties 8,368. The report as published did not break the figures down by drug.[1]

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References

  1. The Korea Times — Drug offenders in Korea exceed 20,000 for first time in 2023 (26 June 2024)archived

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