Cannabis, Coke and Co. Enjoy uninterrupted popularity in our Alpine State. The Syrians are increasingly suspicious, while boys are increasingly becoming drugs. New waste water monitoring shows how many medicines we actually consume.
If Mr and Mrs. Austria print the coils, more residues of Coke and Co. then accepted in the sewer system. Only one aspect of the 2024 of the Federal Criminal Police Office: 17 regions with 3.5 million inhabitants were followed at the University of Innsbruck. Conclusion: Breenz and Eisenstadt are smoked tons of “grass” and cocaine lines are sniffing.
Drugs are already available around the clock
According to the World Drug Report, the number of drug users has also increased by 28 percent worldwide over the past decade. The reasons for this are several crises. Criminals operate political instability. The constant availability – drugs can be ordered around the clock via social media and messengers – leads to a rich plus. The police issued 37,310 advertisements (plus 5.3 percent until 2023) in 2024, the number of serious crimes with drugs increased by ten percent.
Many plantations, few Austrians
490 plantations were dug up last year, including twelve laboratories for synthetic drugs (most of them in Lower Austria, Styria and Vienna) are now history. As so often, most suspects are male with 84.2 percent. With 61.3 percent, Austrians offer the majority of suspects, but their number is falling. During the arrests, foreigners even dominate in 1491. In exchange, “only” clicked on the handcuffs for 973 Austrians.
Syrians lead the nation ranking
13,654 suspects (plus 15.6 percent!) Are foreigners, most of 1463 people (plus 43 percent!) Comes from Syria, followed by Germans (1148), Serbs (1054), Afghan (977) and Turks (847). Afghanistan then appears elsewhere in the drug report: by banning the Taliban to grow all drugs, the heroin security positions of 102 kilos in 2022 also went back to “only” 27 kilos in 2024. Dangerous: Dependent consumers often switch to synthetic, insured alternatives).
Thailand drugs healing and bigger problem
With 259 kilos, the cocaine has exploded, but the plus is also due to many years of research that resulted in large safety positions of trucks. A gang that has been sitting since November 2024 smuggled around hundreds of kilos of drugs to Salzburg. Cannabis deliveries from Thailand via Schwechat (Lower Austria) are also a major problem – 800 kilos has already been removed from the blood circulation here. It is generally assumed that the seizure of “GIF” 63 million euros worth 63 million euros – a large number of non -reported cases is assumed.
“Youth of Today” much more brave than expected
Interesting details on the side: the trend among the boys is clearly in the direction of the distance declaration of drugs. With around 15,000, the majority of the shown are between 25 and 39 years old. Just as increasing: advertisements against the 40plus generation. In the fully opposite direction, the curve shows fewer than 18 year olds. The number of advertisements in the age group fell from more than 5000 (2020) to more than 4,000 last year. A falling development can also be observed when it comes to 18 to 20-year-olds.
Source: Krone
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