본 연구는 최근 4대 사회문제로 부각되고 있는 마약과 관련된 범죄 중 최근 급증하 고 있는 청소년, 여성 및 외국인 마약류범죄에 대해 알아보고, 예방대책을 제시하고자 한다. 연구방법은 형사사법, 경찰청 범죄통계, 대검찰청의 마약류범죄백서 및 선행연 구들을 탐색하고 마약류범죄 예방대책을 모색하였다. 연구결과는 최근 5년 동안 마약 류범죄를 비교해보면, 20대 이하 청소년의 마약류범죄는 143명에서 481명으로, 20 대는 2,111명에서 5,804명으로 급증하였다. 여성 마약류범죄는 2,719명에서 4,966 명으로, 외국인 마약류범죄는 948명에서 2,573명으로 증가하였다. 또한 마약류범죄 자의 재범률이 36.6%로 평균 재범률 보다 높게 나타났다. 마약류범죄 예방대책은 첫 째, 마약류 사용 방지를 위한 예방교육과 홍보이다. 마약류의 위험성을 알리는 주기적 인 예방교육이 필요하다. 둘째, 정책과 법 규제이다. 철저한 감시와 처벌을 강화할 필 요가 있다. 셋째, 치료 및 재활로 재범률을 줄이는 것이다. 넷째, 마약류범죄 예방을 위한 국제 협력이 필요성이다. 다섯째, 마약류범죄 예방을 위한 사회적 지원과 참여가 필요하다. 마지막으로 취업 프로그램과 자조모임 운영이 필요하다.

As of late 1999, the number of individuals convicted of all kinds of drug offenses exceeded 10,000, far below the 200,000 actual drug users or 1 out of 230 Koreans. Given that the index of drug crime that represents the number of arrested drug criminals per 100,000 people has a threshold of 20, the current index of 23 exceeds this threshold. Thus, the severity of drug crime may be said to be a social problem in Korea. In the past, the epidemiology of drug users had been predominantly talents or entertainers. However, since the 1990s, a distribution of drug users has expanded into many other sectors throughout society to include taxi drivers, households, students, professionals, and farmers. Thus, the impact of drug problems has become bigger worse, the increasing number of drug users among juveniles is alarming. Given the significance of the issue of severity and spread of drug crimes, this research will be confined the drug. The Korean Government is of the opinion that drug abuser can be both punished and treated. Therefore, under the Korean drug-related law, a drug abuser who turns out to be a drug addict can be subject to compulsory treatment or to punishment. The biggest problem of the method of approaching to drug matters of Korea is that the Korean Government emphasize the supply more than the demand. Therefore, I think that from now on we must put more attention and investment on the demand than the supply for the policy of controling drug in Korea.

Counts in the prosecution schold be specified by crime time, place and methode. It is required not only for defendants to protect their procedual rights but also for courts to limit the scope of the trials. Illegal drug investigations were not generally supported by the crime victim or witness assistance as most of the drug-related crimes were committed in covert. Therefore, effective institution and support of a public action requires the testing for drug use as an essential element in the nation's battle against drug abuse and drug-related crime. Hair analysis for abused drugs has been recognized as a powerful tool to investigate exposure of subjects to these substances. However, it was difficult to estimate precisely the time of drug administration from the position of drug along the hair shaft. Even if the activity is to happen at some unspecified time, the court’s rejection of the case related to unspecified drug abuse may continue to pose significant problems for the integrity and impartiality of the judicial system, which is making it almost impossible for law enforcement agencies operating to bring about significant reductions in the abuse of illegal drug. Hair analysis results have been admitted as scientific evidence of drug use. The unresolved scientific issues should not obstruct the admissibility of strongly positive test results but also may not be explanatory for the entire case, even though specific questions need to be answered and the laboratory results may give strongly positive.