Designing criteria for improvement of anti-drug activities: Evidence from the Krasnoyarsk Krai
<b>Importance</b> The article considers and suggests a number of measures and indicators aimed at reducing the demand and supply of drugs that contribute to increasing the effectiveness of anti-drug activities within a particular region or municipal entity. <br></br> <b>Objectives</b> The aim of the study was to develop a number of additional indicators reflecting the effectiveness of the anti-drug enforcement authorities in the region or municipality on the basis of an analysis of the organizational and legal measures taken at the federal and regional levels aimed at reducing and preventing drug addiction of the population and society. <br></br> <b>Methods</b> For the study, I used the analytical approach and logical and statistical methods. <br></br> <b>Results</b> The article presents a number of proposals in the form of additional criteria (indicators) relevant to improving the efficiency of State bodies whose function is to reduce the supply of drugs in society, and anti-narcotics authorities preventing drug addiction and its consequences for the population. <br></br> <b>Conclusions</b> The article concludes that in order to counter the spread of drug trafficking and drug addiction at the State and regional levels, as well as the negative consequences, additional steps are needed, the effectiveness of which can be assessed by the proposed criteria (indicators). To monitor over the drug situation, it makes sense to include certain additional criteria (indicators) that characterize the degree of effectiveness of certain government agencies involved in anti-drug activities.