MADDE KULLANIMI VE BAĞIMLILIĞININ SUÇ İLE İLİŞKİSİNİN SOSYO-EKONOMİK MALİYET BAĞLAMINDA DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

In recent years, an increasing trend of drug use has been recorded in the world. According to many societies, drug use and addiction are defined as an important biopsychosocial problem that socio-economic cost cannot be underestimated. In terms of its socio-economic costs, assessment of drug use and addiction and revealing its relationship with crime are crucial especially in the formulation of health, drug, economy and social policies. Crime is considered within the scope of the socio-economic cost of drug use and addiction. The relationship between drug use, addiction and crime is a controversial issue. Different models have been developed in the literature to explain the relationship between drug and crime. In this study, drug use and addiction were discussed in terms of socio-economic costs and its relationship with crime was evaluated within the framework of theoretical and empirical studies on drug-crime relationships. In this study, it was concluded that societies face long-term costs related to drug use and addiction and the relationship between drug and crime could not be explained by a single model.