'Drug-Related Sexual Crimes' Occur About 7 Times a Day... Crimes Using Narcotics and Marijuana Also Increasing

Assemblyman Oh Young-hwan "Difficult to Prove Damage... Must Enforce Strict Punishment"

Oh Young-hwan, member of the Democratic Party of Korea.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] It has been revealed that sex crimes involving drugs such as narcotics and marijuana occur at an average rate of seven cases per day, raising calls for stronger punishments.

According to data received by Oh Young-hwan, a member of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, from the National Police Agency, a total of 8,498 sex crimes involving drugs such as narcotics and marijuana occurred between 2018 and 2020.

The types of drugs used were mostly alcohol (8,394 cases), followed by psychotropic drugs (72 cases), narcotics (17 cases), marijuana (9 cases), and glue/thinner (6 cases).

According to the National Police Agency's investigation guidelines on suspected sex crimes involving drugs such as narcotics, the drugs used in sex crimes have a short half-life (the time it takes for the concentration of narcotics in the blood to reduce by half after administration), are eliminated from the body within a short period, are colorless and odorless, making them difficult to detect when dissolved in beverages, and cause short-term memory loss, explained Representative Oh.

Representative Oh emphasized, "Sex crimes involving drugs cause victims to lose consciousness, and since the drugs are quickly eliminated from the body, it becomes difficult for victims to provide proof. Stronger punishments are necessary to eradicate sex crimes."

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