Narcotics crime includes all drug-related offenses under the Narcotics Act (BtMG), the New Psychoactive Substances Act and the German Criminal Code (StGB) if they were committed to directly obtain narcotics, i.e. theft or robbery of narcotics.
While around 30 percent of cases fall under the offense of supplying the market (trafficking, smuggling, import, cultivation, production, violation of the New Psychoactive Substances Act), 70 percent are attributable to consumption offenses.
Recommendations for action
- Do not open unknown mail items that are returned to the post office.
- Inform the police instead
- Parents should also keep a close eye on what mail items are sent to their children. The sale of drugs on the Internet means that they can be sold at the click of a mouse and sent by post "to every child's room", so to speak.
Further information
- Police Crime Prevention Program of the Federal States and the Federal Government (ProPK), www.polizeifürdich, website for children and young people on the subject of legal and illegal drugs
- Website of the Federal Centre for Health Education, www.drugcom.de on the subject of drugs and addiction