Social Affairs
Surge of young drug offenders in Korea
Aug. 30, 2017
The number of drug offenders nearly doubled over the past five years, with steep increases in those in their teens and 20s, data showed Wednesday.Rep. Kang Seok-ho of the Liberty Korea Party released a statistics report on drug offenses in the country submitted by the National Police Agency on Wednesday.According to the report, the number of people arrested for drug offenses increased from 5,105 in 2012 to 8,853 last year, and 5,115 were arrested in this year’s first half alone.The number of dru