In 2022, around 61 percent of people charged with drug offenses related to narcotics in South Korea were 60 years or older. Psychotropic and cannabis offenses were most common among people in their twenties.
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Supreme Prosecutors´ Office. (July 5, 2023). Age distribution of drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by type of drug [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414331/south-korea-drug-offender-ages-by-drug-type/
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Supreme Prosecutors´ Office. (2023). Age distribution of drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by type of drug. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414331/south-korea-drug-offender-ages-by-drug-type/
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Age distribution of drug offenders in South Korea in 2022, by type of drug [Graph], Supreme Prosecutors´ Office, July 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414331/south-korea-drug-offender-ages-by-drug-type/