The correlation between substance abuse and committing criminal and minor offences

U ovom radu prikazana je problematika porasta ovisnosti o opojnim sredstvima i kaznenim i prekršajnim djelima vezanim uz zlouporabu droga. Prikazano je kako je zakonski regulirano, što sustav radi da bi prevenirali uporabu droga. Kroz rad se govori o tome kako je u Republici Hrvatskoj kontrola nad uporabom droge uređena od strane zakonodavca, socijalne skrbi, sustava obrazovanja, obitelji. Koji su to rizični čimbenici koji utječu na mlade da posegnu za konzumacijom. Cilj i svrha ovog rada je vidjeti kako sve regulacije djeluju u praksi i što bi se moglo promijeniti kako bi se prevalencija uporabe droga i počinjenja kaznenih i prekršajnih djela smanjila.This paper presents the problem of increasing dependence on substance abuse and committing criminal and minor offences related to drug abuse. It is shown how it is regulated by the law, what is our system doing to prevent the drug use. The paper discusses how in the Republic of Croatia the control over drug use is regulated by the legislator, social welfare, the education system, and the family. What are the risk factors that influence young people to reach for consumption. The aim and purpose of this paper is to see how all regulations work in practice and what could be changed to reduce the prevalence of substance abuse and the commission of criminal and minor offences