Drug abuse is an intense desire to obtain increasing amounts of a particular drug or substance to the exclusion of all other activities. There is a magnificent increase, everywhere, in the number of drug abusers who are the members of dominant culture. These abusers turn to some form of crude amateur crime like burglary, robbery and even prostitution to support their habits. This paper presents a review of issues in the literature to highlight the pattern and trends pertaining to drug abuse and crime as regards the effects of drug abuse on different crimes with emphasis on the issues of the topic in Egypt.  It discusses whether drug abuse leads to crime or crime leads to drug abuse   Economic-related crimes are where an individual commits a crime in order to fund a drug habit.  System-related crimes result from the structure of the drug system that includes crimes of production, manufacture, transportation, and sale of drugs. Serious drug abuse can amplify and perpetuate pre-existing criminal activity.