PHENOMENOLOGY OF DRUG ABUSE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA WITH THE REVIEW OF CURRENT SITUATION IN THE WORLD

This paper outlines the phenomenology of the drug abuse in the Republic of Croatia and the policy to prevent such specifi c crimethrough the National Strategy for drug suppression. Results achieved in the fi eld of drug suppression and possible weak points werediscussed. With the respect of getting better understanding of the facts and policies related to the dug problem in the Republic ofCroatia it has been given a review of drug abuse in the world through an overview of the conclusions by the 52nd High-level session ofthe UN Commission on narcotic drugs (CND). It also shows current international policy of suppression of drug abuse. In the conclusionof the work, based on gathered evidence, the assumption regarding further trends of drug abuse has been made.