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Interrelation of drug search on the Internet and police seizure in the Republic of Croatia

The aim of this paper was to determine whether there is a correlation between search through Google's search engine and the seizure of the most commonly used drugs by counties of the Republic of Croatia. The analysis used the online Google Trends tool that provided us with information on the most commonly used drugs in the counties of the Republic of Croatia, searched for in the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016. Five-year data on seizures per county were obtained from the Statistical Survey of Basic Security Indicators and results of the Ministry of Interior's Strategic Planning, Analytics and Development Department. In order to determine the correlation between searches through the Google search engine and the seizure of the most commonly used drugs, Spearman's correlation coefficient was calculated. Also non-parametric sign test was performed. The results of the research have shown that the cocaine correlation is excellent, for hashish, heroin, ecstasy, marijuana and amphetamine correlation is good while for LSD correlation is weak. Methodology used in this paper could be the basis for further research and the better quality allocation of resources to preventive and intervention programs in real time.

drugs ; Internet ; Google Trends ; Ministry of the Interior ; Republic of Croatia

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