Pre-trial proceedings and Prosecutor acts regarding drug-related crimes (2011 – 2022)

Prevalence of psychoactive substance use Prevalence of medication use Prevalence of drug use Drug Prevention

Treatment Supply Treatment Demand Health consequences Harm reduction

Drug-related crimes Drug market Drug use and prison Monitoring of publications Attitudes to legal framework changes

Number of pre-trial proceedings observed by a prosecutor regarding drug-related crimes (2011 – 2022)

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total number	5282	4928	5483	7052	7776	9141	10298	12123	13079	12223	11792	11301
Art. 242 (total)	140	127	139	165	158	158	188	171	172	177	170	221
Art. 242, para. 2					109	127	136	138	130	135	135	179
Art. 242, para. 3					10	5	8	7	6	12	6	17
Art. 242, para. 4					36	26	42	26	35	30	29	25
Art. 242, para. 9					3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	5142	4801	5344	6887	7618	8983	10110	11952	12907	12046	11622	11080
Atr. 354a (total)					7159	8501	9669	11480	12405	11486	10933	10533
Art. 354a, para. 1					877	1131	1065	1303	1517	1496	1509	1484
Art. 354a, para. 2					118	95	165	157	189	165	207	160
Art. 354a, para. 3					4026	4831	5224	6209	6575	6309	6026	5752
Art. 354a, para. 4					0	2	1	416	2	0	1	0
Art. 354a, para. 5					2138	2442	3214	3395	4122	3516	3250	3137
Art. 354b					8	8	9	13	16	12	14	12
Art. 354c (total)					451	474	432	459	486	548	615	535
Art. 354c, para. 1					426	453	418	450	464	522	602	524
Art. 354c, para. 2					0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Art. 354c, para. 3					1	1	1	0	1	17	2	0
Art. 354c, para. 5					24	20	12	9	20	9	11	9

Number of new pre-trial proceedings regarding drug-related crimes (2011 – 2022)

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total number	3771	3397	3636	5404	6001	6950	7259	8728	8715	7587	7239	7861
Art. 242 (total)	81	74	84	106	80	80	97	86	74	77	72	100
Art. 242, para. 2	65	61	66		65	69	74	74	55	69	60	86
Art. 242, para. 3	0	2	3		5	1	5	4	3	5	3	9
Art. 242, para. 4	16	10	15		10	10	18	8	16	3	9	5
Art. 242, para. 9	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	3690	3323	3552	5298	5921	6870	7162	8642	8641	7510	7167	7761
Art. 354a (total)	3407	3016	3238		5621	6534	6896	8345	8350	7142	6870	7458
Art. 354a, para. 1	440	464	440		438	641	514	616	668	626	625	697
Art. 354a, para. 2	51	41	31		36	34	21	24	24	28	38	9
Art. 354a, para. 3	2269	2114	2273		3464	3950	4097	4855	4737	4277	4206	4576
Art. 354a, para. 4	6	1	0		0	2	1	253	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a, para. 5	641	396	494		1683	1907	2263	2597	2921	2211	2001	2176
Art. 354b	2	3	5		2	6	3	5	7	4	4	7
Art. 354c (total)	281	304	309		298	330	263	292	284	364	293	296
Art. 354c, para. 1	256	284	299		285	317	256	290	269	343	288	292
Art. 354c, para. 2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Art. 354c, para. 3	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	1	16	0	0
Art. 354c, para. 5	25	18	9		13	13	6	2	14	5	5	3

Number of solved pre-trial proceedings regarding drug-related crimes (2011 – 2022)

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total number	3808	3449	4151	5592	6022	6713	7447	8605	9240	8686	9170	8456
Art. 242 (total)	87	65	93	100	81	87	119	100	105	94	98	134
Art. 242, para. 2	71	49	68		47	70	83	78	86	63	79	106
Art. 242, para. 3	1	1	6		8	2	5	5	3	9	4	9
Art. 242, para. 4	14	14	18		23	15	30	17	15	22	15	19
Art. 242, para. 9	1	1	1		5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	3721	3384	4058	5492	5941	6626	7328	8505	9135	8592	9072	8009
Art. 354a (total)	3446	3081	3723		5601	6320	7043	8226	8790	8309	8633	8322
Art. 354a, para. 1	499	511	566		570	693	671	740	900	875	993	899
Art. 354a, para. 2	126	140	150		107	98	114	113	141	137	170	144
Art. 354a, para. 3	1819	1646	2016		2758	3223	3279	3858	3993	3965	4107	3764
Art. 354a, para. 4	4	1	1		1	2	1	234	2	0	1	0
Art. 354a, para. 5	998	783	990		2165	2304	2978	3281	3754	3332	3362	3202
Art. 354b	4	6	5		5	5	5	8	8	8	12	4
Art. 354c (total)	271	297	330		335	301	280	271	337	275	427	309
Art. 354c, para. 1	225	265	309		309	275	266	262	308	257	408	295
Art. 354c, para. 2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Art. 354c, para. 3	1	1	1		0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Art. 354c, para. 5	44	30	20		26	24	13	9	28	18	17	13

Number of Prosecutor acts submitted to the court regarding drug-related crimes (2011 – 2022)

Classification under the Penal Code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total number	2121	2131	2423	2280	2422	2821	2906	3009	3415	3558	4024	3468
Art. 242 (total)	21	36	30	51	48	37	53	37	39	32	37	53
Art. 242, para. 2	9	22	17		21	25	25	25	29	15	25	44
Art. 242, para. 3	0	0	2		6	0	3	1	0	4	1	1
Art. 242, para. 4	11	14	10		20	12	25	11	10	13	11	8
Art. 242, para. 9	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a – 354c (total)	2100	2095	2393	2229	2374	2784	2853	2972	3376	3526	3987	3415
Art. 354a (total)	1929	1918	2211		2220	2658	2736	2874	3263	3402	3839	3316
Art. 354a, para. 1	366	354	406		407	472	505	526	659	676	747	668
Art. 354a, para. 2	105	121	133		100	85	132	114	146	123	162	129
Art. 354a, para. 3	909	865	987		948	1182	1120	1226	1343	1376	1485	1276
Art. 354a, para. 4	0	1	0		1	0	1	71	0	0	0	0
Art. 354a, para. 5	549	577	685		764	919	978	937	1115	1227	1445	1243
Art. 354b	2	1	2		3	0	0	0	1	3	1	1
Art. 354c (total)	169	176	180		151	126	117	98	112	121	147	98
Art. 354c, para. 1	129	150	164		131	109	102	92	91	105	132	83
Art. 354c, para. 2	1	1	0		0	0	5	0	1	0	0	4
Art. 354c, para. 3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Art. 354c, para. 5	38	24	15		20	17	10	6	20	16	14	11