The concept of drug related crime is defined as a causal connection, which can be established between drug consumption and crime commission . However the two principal aspects of drug use which are connected to crime can be distinguished as : 1)<Tab/>Crimes, which are directly related to drug use, or 2)<Tab/>Crimes, which are rooted in policies of drug prohibition. Drug related crime is a dynamic social occurrence, …showed first 75 words of 3043 total…

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