In 2022, around 32 percent of drug offenders in South Korea were in their twenties, with the most common offense being related to psychotropics. One in four drug offenders that year was in their thirties, with cannabis-related offenses being most common.
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Supreme Prosecutors´ Office. (July 5, 2023). Distribution of illicit drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414336/south-korea-drug-offenders-by-age/
Supreme Prosecutors´ Office. "Distribution of illicit drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by age group." Chart. July 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414336/south-korea-drug-offenders-by-age/
Supreme Prosecutors´ Office. (2023). Distribution of illicit drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414336/south-korea-drug-offenders-by-age/
Supreme Prosecutors´ Office. "Distribution of Illicit Drug Offenders in South Korea in 2022, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414336/south-korea-drug-offenders-by-age/
Supreme Prosecutors´ Office, Distribution of illicit drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414336/south-korea-drug-offenders-by-age/ (last visited September 13, 2024)
Distribution of illicit drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by age group [Graph], Supreme Prosecutors´ Office, July 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414336/south-korea-drug-offenders-by-age/
