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is the fact that drugs are spreading like a trend among
teenagers. According to the same statistics, 294 teenagers
Problem1
were arrested in 2022 for violating the Narcotics Control
AsEasytoObtainasCigarettes,eventoTeenagers
Act. The number of teenage drug offenders increased
from104in2018to241in2020,andthenreached309in
Obtaining drugs has become as easy as obtaining
2021. In March 2023, a 14-year-old middle school student
cigarettes. All that is needed to buy drugs is Telegram*.
was arrested by the police in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, for
In fact, on social media, drugs are referred to as various
injecting Philopon. In addition to simply taking drugs,
slang words. People can search Telegram for those slang
teenagers are often involved in drug-related crimes, such
words and contact the seller with just a few clicks. Nam
asparticipatingindrugtransactions.Infact,inDecember
(28), a resident of Gyeonggi DARC, also obtained drugs
2022,itwasrevealedthattheoperatorofadrugsalesroom
mainlythroughTelegram.“Previously,Ikeptgettingdrugs
on Telegram was a high school student, which shocked
through my co-worker who first offered me drugs. But
society.
whenhewascaughtbythepolice,itwasnolongerpossible
todosuchtransactions.Butitdidnotmatter.Iwasableto
get enough drugs through Telegram.” Despite the absence
*Telegram: A free messenger program developed in 2013 that has been used
formanyillegalpurposesinKorea.
of the broker who helped the drug deals for a long time,
Nam was able to continue getting drugs through apps or
socialmedia.Asithasbecomepossibletopurchasedrugs
viasocialmediathroughasimpleprocedure,teenagersas
Problem2
well as twenty-year-olds can purchase drugs without any
UnexpectedandUnwantedAccesstoDrugs
restrictions.
Thereasonwhynobodyissafefromthedangersofdrugs
Australian
is that there are cases where people are exposed to drugs
against their will. These days, people who have never had
West
any thoughts about drugs can easily be exposed to them.
ⓒThe
For many people, the way they turn to drugs is through
others.Evenifapersonhasnointentionoftakingdrugs,he
orsheisoftenencouragedbycloseacquaintancesoreven
a stranger. Shin (29), a resident of Gyeonggi DARC, was
twiceencouragedbyotherstotakedrugs.“WhenIwas20
years old, someone whom I did not know recommended
drugs to me. He told me that it was something good, so I
▲ThroughTelegram,anyonecanpurchasedrugswithjustafewclicksusing
should give it a try. I did
Telegram.
Today
not feel particularly good
ⓒMoney
Drugs, which mainly have been bought and used by
at the time, so I did not
middle-aged adults, are now more available to young
look for more drugs. But
people.Accordingtothemonthlynarcoticstrendstatistics
three years later, when
released by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in March
I was encouraged again
2023, young people under the age of 30 accounted for
by a friend, I became
the largest proportion of all drug offenders cracked down
addicted.” In this way,
on in 2022, at 59.7 percent. What is even more troubling
through words such as “I
▲Anyone can be exposed to drugs
throughrecommendations.
32
www.theargus.org
is the fact that drugs are spreading like a trend among
teenagers. According to the same statistics, 294 teenagers
Problem1
were arrested in 2022 for violating the Narcotics Control
AsEasytoObtainasCigarettes,eventoTeenagers
Act. The number of teenage drug offenders increased
from104in2018to241in2020,andthenreached309in
Obtaining drugs has become as easy as obtaining
2021. In March 2023, a 14-year-old middle school student
cigarettes. All that is needed to buy drugs is Telegram*.
was arrested by the police in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, for
In fact, on social media, drugs are referred to as various
injecting Philopon. In addition to simply taking drugs,
slang words. People can search Telegram for those slang
teenagers are often involved in drug-related crimes, such
words and contact the seller with just a few clicks. Nam
asparticipatingindrugtransactions.Infact,inDecember
(28), a resident of Gyeonggi DARC, also obtained drugs
2022,itwasrevealedthattheoperatorofadrugsalesroom
mainlythroughTelegram.“Previously,Ikeptgettingdrugs
on Telegram was a high school student, which shocked
through my co-worker who first offered me drugs. But
society.
whenhewascaughtbythepolice,itwasnolongerpossible
todosuchtransactions.Butitdidnotmatter.Iwasableto
get enough drugs through Telegram.” Despite the absence
*Telegram: A free messenger program developed in 2013 that has been used
formanyillegalpurposesinKorea.
of the broker who helped the drug deals for a long time,
Nam was able to continue getting drugs through apps or
socialmedia.Asithasbecomepossibletopurchasedrugs
viasocialmediathroughasimpleprocedure,teenagersas
Problem2
well as twenty-year-olds can purchase drugs without any
UnexpectedandUnwantedAccesstoDrugs
restrictions.
Thereasonwhynobodyissafefromthedangersofdrugs
Australian
is that there are cases where people are exposed to drugs
against their will. These days, people who have never had
West
any thoughts about drugs can easily be exposed to them.
ⓒThe
For many people, the way they turn to drugs is through
others.Evenifapersonhasnointentionoftakingdrugs,he
orsheisoftenencouragedbycloseacquaintancesoreven
a stranger. Shin (29), a resident of Gyeonggi DARC, was
twiceencouragedbyotherstotakedrugs.“WhenIwas20
years old, someone whom I did not know recommended
drugs to me. He told me that it was something good, so I
▲ThroughTelegram,anyonecanpurchasedrugswithjustafewclicksusing
should give it a try. I did
Telegram.
Today
not feel particularly good
ⓒMoney
Drugs, which mainly have been bought and used by
at the time, so I did not
middle-aged adults, are now more available to young
look for more drugs. But
people.Accordingtothemonthlynarcoticstrendstatistics
three years later, when
released by the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in March
I was encouraged again
2023, young people under the age of 30 accounted for
by a friend, I became
the largest proportion of all drug offenders cracked down
addicted.” In this way,
on in 2022, at 59.7 percent. What is even more troubling
through words such as “I
▲Anyone can be exposed to drugs
throughrecommendations.
32
www.theargus.org
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