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3% of adults, 2% of teens have used drugs: survey By Yoon Min-sik

Published : April 12, 2024 - 16:35

This photo taken on April 4 shows illegal drugs confiscated by Gyeonggi Provincial Police from an illegal drug ring, members of whom were arrested in March. (Yonhap)

A government survey showed Friday that 3.1 percent of adults and 2.6 percent of teenagers in South Korea have used illegal drugs at least once.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety conducted the survey on 3,000 adults and 2,000 teenagers across the country to study drug awareness among local residents. In the survey, illegal drugs refer to substances defined as such by the Narcotics Control Act, which includes marijuana, LSD, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and prescribed opioids.

The survey also showed that 11.5 percent of adults and 16.1 percent of teenagers said they believe their acquaintances have used psychotropic drugs, which refer to drugs like propofol and zolpidem. Such drugs are legal to use with a doctor's prescription but illegal if used without one.

Most respondents said they didn't consider South Korea to be a "drug-free country" -- 86.3 percent of adults and 70.1 percent of teenagers surveyed.

The survey indicated that although the majority of respondents do not engage in illegal drug use, many believe that obtaining such controlled substances would not be difficult. About 89.7 percent of adults and 84 percent of teens said they could get their hands on drugs without having to leave the country, whether that be through social media or their acquaintances

South Korean law punishes anyone who uses, distributes, or carries illegal drugs, including those defined as "soft drugs."

While many respondents said they could easily obtain illegal substances, a substantial portion of those surveyed said they were unaware of the various hazards associated with illegal drug use.

Only 63.5 percent of adult respondents and 67.6 percent of teen respondents said they knew about the risks associated with drug or substance abuse, while only 56.2 percent of adults and 57.8 percent of teens said they were aware of the various problems that could be caused by narcotics use.

One of the recent fads in South Korea has been using the word "mayak," or drug in Korean, to describe food products, such as mayak gimbap or mayak oksusu (corn), likening the products to drugs to indicate that they are very tasty or addictive. While merely a promotional method, some have voiced their concern that such marketing methods may lead people to see drugs as something familiar or safe.

Among the respondents, 46.5 percent of adults and 48.6 percent of teens said using such terms for commercial products does make drugs seem more familiar.

Yoon Min-sik minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com

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analysis of article text

prohibitionist	prohibition_agency	drugwar_propaganda	legalization	drug_reformer
reform_referenda	cannabis	stimulant	narcotic	hallucinogen

incarceration/prison mentioned? NO - the issue of prison or incarceration was NOT mentioned in this article .

propaganda analysis

EXP - explicit prohibition propaganda (explicit_propaganda)	GRP - hated group (propaganda_theme1)	MAD - madness, violence, illness (propaganda_theme2)
SOC - survival of society (propaganda_theme3)	USE - gateway, use is abuse (propaganda_theme4)	KID - children (propaganda_theme5)
WAR - demonize, war, epidemic (propaganda_theme6)	TOT - total prohibition (propaganda_theme7)	DIS - dissent opposed (propaganda_theme8)

concept		evidence	hits	links
	drug of abuse implied / mentioned drug related [news] [concept]	prohibition illegal drugs
	propaganda drugwar propaganda [news] [concept]	explicit propaganda propaganda theme1 propaganda theme2 propaganda theme3 propaganda theme5 propaganda theme7 propaganda theme4		•Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate? (Bruce E Levine, 2012) •Classic Modern Drug Propaganda •Themes in Chemical Prohibition •Drug War Propaganda (kindle edition)
	explicit prohibition propaganda explicit propaganda 55% [news] [concept]	"drug awareness"	1	•SourceWatch: War on Drugs •dare.procon.org •Write What You're Told •Anti-Drug PSAs From the 80s and 90s •Lippmann, Walter; Public Opinion (1921) •Bernays, Edward; Propaganda (1928)
	hated group propaganda theme1 50% [news] [concept]	"Foreigners"	2	•Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) •drugwarfacts.org/druguse.htm •drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm •America's Racist Drug laws •narcoterror.org/ •Labeling theory •Transfer (propaganda)
	madness, violence, illness propaganda theme2 [news] [concept]	"drug awareness" "murder" "problems" "addictive" "associated with drug"	6	•Madness Crime Violence Illness (propaganda theme 2) •drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm •drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm •Distortion 18: Cannabis and Mental Illness •No, marijuana use doesn't lower your IQ (10/2014)
	survival of society propaganda theme3 65% [news] [concept]	"the country"	2	•Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3) •The "Nation" as a Device To Create a Psychological Crowd
	use is abuse use is abuse [news] [concept]	"substance abuse" "illegal drug use" "drug use" "abuse"	7	•Use is Abuse (propaganda theme 4) •drugwarfacts.org/addictiv.htm
	gateway, use is abuse propaganda theme4 [news] [concept]	use is abuse		•Use is Abuse, Gateway (propaganda theme 4)
	children propaganda theme5 [news] [concept]	"teenagers" "teens" "teen" "Juvenile"	21	•Children Corrupted (propaganda theme 5) •drugwarfacts.org/adolesce.htm •Think of the children
	total prohibition propaganda theme7 [news] [concept]	"drug-free"	1	•Total Prohibition or Access (propaganda theme 7)
	drug of abuse illegal drugs [news] [concept]	cannabis narcotic various illegal drugs stimulant hallucinogen
	drugs 95% [news] [concept]	various drugs
	drug law 80% [news] [concept]	"controlled substances"	1	•History of United States drug pr...
	prohibition 85% [news] [concept]	"drug-free"	1	•web.archive.org/web/201604072044... •whyprohibition.ca •An Address By Senator Pierre Claude Nolin •ACLU Brief: Against Drug Prohibition •The Secret Of World-wide Drug Prohibition (PDF) •History of Alcohol Prohibition •Milton Friedman: Prohibition and Drugs •thedea.org/prohibition.html •Prohibition
	hallucinogen [news] [concept]	psychedelic		•MAPS.org/ •erowid.org/ •lycaeum.org/ •mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm •Wikipedia: Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants
	psychoactive chemical chemicals [news] [concept]	cocaine heroin LSD methamphetamine amphetamines opiate		•erowid.org/chemicals/chemicals.s...
	psychoactive plant plants [news] [concept]	cannabis		•erowid.org/plants/plants.shtml
	psychoactive pharmaceutical pharms [news] [concept]	zolpidem		•erowid.org/pharms/pharms.shtml
	euphoric depressant [news] [concept]	heroin opiate
	euphoric stimulant [news] [concept]	cocaine methamphetamine
	analgesic [news] [concept]	heroin opiate
	sleep aid [news] [concept]	zolpidem
	psychedelic [news] [concept]	LSD		•maps.org/ •Psychedelic •psychedelic-library.org/
	intoxicant [news] [concept]	cannabis
	hypnotic [news] [concept]	zolpidem
	opioid opioid [news] [concept]	"opioids"	1	•Managing Pain
	stimulant [news] [concept]	cocaine amphetamines
	methamphetamine [news] [concept]	"methamphetamine"	1	•erowid.org/chemicals/meth/meth.s... •rxlist.com/desoxyn-drug.htm •mapinc.org/meth.htm •drugwarfacts.org/methamph.htm •Amphetamines: The Swedish experience
	narcotic [news] [concept]	"Narcotics" opioid opiate	2	•Managing Pain
	opiate [news] [concept]	heroin		•Managing Pain
	amphetamines [news] [concept]	methamphetamine		•The amphetamines - Consumers Union Report •Officially Approved US Military Speed/Amphetamine Use
	cocaine [news] [concept]	"cocaine"	1	•mapinc.org/coke.htm •drugwarfacts.org/cocaine.htm •erowid.org/chemicals/cocaine/
	heroin [news] [concept]	"heroin"	1	•google.com/search?q=Alfred+McCoy... •mapinc.org/heroin.htm •drugwarfacts.org/heroin.htm •Managing Pain
	lysergic acid diethylamide LSD [news] [concept]	"LSD"	1	•erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/
	cannabis [news] [concept]	"marijuana"	1	•Cannabis: Religious and Spiritual Uses •Cannabis-Driving Studies •MAPInc.org Cannabis Link DB •medicalmarijuanaprocon.org •cannabisculture.com •Schaffer Library: Marijuana •drugwarfacts.org/marijuan.htm •mapinc.org/pot.htm •U.S. Prisons Thriving on Jim Crow Marijuana Arrests (2013)
	Zolpidem zolpidem [news] [concept]	"zolpidem"	1	•erowid.org/pharms/zolpidem/
	various drugs 95% [news] [concept]	"psychotropic" "drugs" "drug" "drug-free"	41
	various illegal drugs [news] [concept]	"illegal drugs" "illegal drug" "drug ring" "psychotropic" "controlled substances"	10	•mapinc.org •drugwarfacts.org •DEA's Drugs of Abuse booklet •drugwarfacts.org/drugtest.htm
	youth [news] [concept]	propaganda theme5		•ssdp.org/ •mapinc.org/youth.htm
	aggrandizing government aggrandizement [news] [concept]	"official"	1	•Statism: the Most Dangerous Religion (2014 video) •What is Statism? •Conservapedia: Statism •Wikipedia: Statolatry •lewrockwell.com/2014/07/thomas-d... •Bought Priesthood •Worship of the U. S. Government (2011) •Bureaucratic Thrust •Tyranny of Experts •The Threat of Authority (2012) •The Media As Enablers of Government Lies •The Statist Mindset (Jacob Hornberger, 2011) •Thinking Critically about Experts and Authority •'Scientific' evidence for FDA-approved drugs isn't so scientific, it turns out (2014) •The Intellectual Gravy Train (2015)

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