Illegal drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, morphine and amphetamines). Drugs are also related to crime as drug trafficking and drug production are often controlled by drug cartels, organized crime and gangs. The statistics on this page summarize the various ways that drugs and crime are related in the United States. Links for other countries are provided below.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2002 in U.S. about a quarter of convicted property and drug offenders in local jails had committed their crimes to get money for drugs, compared to 5% of violent and public order offenders. Among State prisoners in 2004 the pattern was similar, with property (30%) and drug offenders (26%) more likely to commit their crimes for drug money than violent (10%) and public-order offenders (7%). In Federal prisons property offenders (11%) were less than half as likely as drug offenders (25%) to report drug money as a motive in their offenses.In 2004, 17% of U.S. State prisoners and 18% of Federal inmates said they committed their current offense to obtain money for drugs. These percentages represent a slight increase for Federal prisoners (16% in 1997) and a slight decrease for State prisoners (19% in 1997).
See also
- Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
- Controlled Substances Act
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Food and Drug Administration
- Prohibition (drugs)
- Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- Drug abuse
External links
- Defining drug-related crime - EU
- Drug-related crime Australia
- Drug-related crime Canada
- Drug-related crime UK
- Drug-related crime U.S. Department of Justice
- Prevention of drug-related crime - EU
- Beckley Foundation Report 2005, Reducing drug-related crime: an overview of the global Evidence
- Driving under the influence of drugs
- Drug wars the movie
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Illegal drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, morphine and amphetamines). Drugs are also related to crime as drug trafficking and drug production are often controlled by drug cartels, organized crime and gangs. The statistics on this page summarize the various ways that drugs and crime are related in the United States. Links for other countries are provided below.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
2002 in U.S. about a quarter of convicted property and drug offenders in local jails had committed their crimes to get money for drugs, compared to 5% of violent and public order offenders. Among State prisoners in 2004 the pattern was similar, with property (30%) and drug offenders (26%) more likely to commit their crimes for drug money than violent (10%) and public-order offenders (7%). In Federal prisons property offenders (11%) were less than half as likely as drug offenders (25%) to report drug money as a motive in their offenses.In 2004, 17% of U.S. State prisoners and 18% of Federal inmates said they committed their current offense to obtain money for drugs. These percentages represent a slight increase for Federal prisoners (16% in 1997) and a slight decrease for State prisoners (19% in 1997).
See also
- Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
- Controlled Substances Act
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Food and Drug Administration
- Prohibition (drugs)
- Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- Drug abuse
External links
- Defining drug-related crime - EU
- Drug-related crime Australia
- Drug-related crime Canada
- Drug-related crime UK
- Drug-related crime U.S. Department of Justice
- Prevention of drug-related crime - EU
- Beckley Foundation Report 2005, Reducing drug-related crime: an overview of the global Evidence
- Driving under the influence of drugs
- Drug wars the movie
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Last updated on Friday July 04, 2008 at 04:58:46 PDT (GMT -0700)
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