Zlouporaba droge, odstupanje od legalnih i moralnih normi, dovodi do nezakonitog, nerijetko kriminalnog ponašanja. Ovisnost, kao potencijalni uzrok kriminalnom ponašanju, prva je karika u kauzalnom lancu ostvarenja raznih oblika delinkvencije. Također treba imati u vidu dva prisutna stanja, počinjenje određenog kaznenog djela pod utjecajem droge, nabavljanje te konzumaciju droge. Kriminogeni čimbenik, koji će odrediti dimenziju samog kriminalnog ponašanja, sadržavat će subjektivnu životnu situaciju ovisnika, njegovu ovisnost kroz loše materijalno stanje, skupoću droge i sve veću potrebu za njom. Taj oblik kriminala može se razumijevati kao stečeni kriminal, jer da nije bilo ovisnosti kao važnog kriminogenog čimbenika, njegovih utjecaja na psihu, ovisnik vrlo vjerojatno ne bi ušao u zonu kriminala, odnosno ne bi se moglo govoriti o formiranju njegove kriminalne osobnosti i delinkventnog ponašanja. Pitanje kaznene odgovornosti, zapravo njegove subjektivne krivnje, kompleksno je. Koliki je značaj ovisnosti kao kriminogenog čimbenika, ovisit će isto tako i o samoj osobnosti ovisnika. Stvaranjem ovisnosti karakterne crte osobnosti se mijenjaju, zato kod kriminološke analize valja uzeti u obzir i ostale možebitne kriminogene čimbenike, ali i životnu situaciju osobe prije nego što je ušla u zonu zlouporabe droga.; Drug abuse as a form of deviation from legal and moral norm usually leads to illegal, criminal behavior. Drug addiction presents just one piece of a puzzle which might lead to an realization of various criminal acts. Two modalities has to be taken into consideration, on one hand, a perpetration of different criminal offenses under the influence of drugs and on the other hand an acquisition and drug consummation. Criminogenic factor which shall determine a dimension of criminal behavior comprises of addict’s subjective circumstances such as his addiction such as poor material condition, high price of drugs and increasing desire for the same. This type of criminal can be considered as an acquired criminal, since if the addiction did not occur, the addict would most likely not be engaged in the criminal behavior since his criminal personality might not be formed in that manner. An issue of an addict’s criminal liability, his subjective guilt, is layered and complex. The meaning of an addiction as a criminogenic factor will also depend on the personality of an addict himself. Since drug addiction undeniably alters personal traits, criminalistic analysis should take into an account also other potential criminogenic factors, such as the life situation of a person prior to the drug abuse.