In total, 731 collections of psychoactive products were carried out under the OFDT's SINTES system in 2023, an increase of 17% compared to 2022.
10 thematic workbooks describing the national situation on drugs in France in 2023.
This briefing paper presents an overview and traces the main developments in the chemsex phenomenon in France over the past fifteen years.
A total of 623 psychoactive products were collected under the SINTES scheme in 2022, an increase of 18% compared with the previous year.
2022 main observations of the OFDT's TREND scheme, which has been monitoring emerging phenomena and developments in the field of drugs (markets, users) since 1999:
What is 3-MMC? What do the analyses of the SINTES network reveal? What are the uses observed by TREND?
Assessment of developments in use and access to care, marked by the health crisis linked to Covid-19.
A total of 32 new synthetic products were identified in France in 2021, with the emergence of synthetic opioids and the progression of synthetic cannabinoids. Among these 32 new identifications, 12 were made from samples collected for SINTES, the French National Detection System of Drugs and Toxic Substances.
In French Polynesia, a major concern has arisen in recent years about the use of methamphetamine, imported from the United States in the form of crystals, known as “ice”.
This 2022 edition provides an overall perspective digest in 8 pages with the most recent and detailed facts and figures.
Since 1999, the monitoring carried out by the Emerging Trends and New Drugs (TREND) scheme of the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) has made it possible to describe the population groups that are particularly dependent on psychoactive substances and to identify emerging phenomena in the field of illicit drugs and diverted medicines.
The aim of this Théma is to provide an overview of the situations and problems currently observed in the French overseas territories with regard to drugs and addictions, based on the most recent statistical data and the main studies carried out in these territories.
On the 20th anniversary of the Emerging Trends and New Drugs (TREND) scheme and the National Detection System of Drugs and Toxic Substances (SINTES), the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) looks back on two decades of drug monitoring.
Since 1999, the Emerging Trends and New Drugs (TREND) unit of the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) has been monitoring emerging trends and phenomena in the field of drugs.
This summary covers the main contributions from a collective OFDT publication entitled "Drogues et addictions, données essentielles" issued in April 2019.
This eight-page document provides the most relevant figures for measuring and providing a quick overview of drug-related phenomena.
Since 1999, the Emerging Trends and New Drugs (TREND) scheme of the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) has been monitoring emerging trends and phenomena in the field of drugs in order to limit the time between their occurrence and their consideration by the public authorities.
Based on the findings of the 2017 Health Barometer Survey of Santé publique France (data processed by OFDT) which interviewed over 20 000 people aged 18 to 64 years, this issue of Tendances describes the changes in illicit drug use and offers an overview of cannabis supply modes.
Ten years after the emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS), the available data reveal lower detection rates for new substances, and their use is still somewhat limited in France.
Since 1999, the OFDT TREND scheme (Emerging Trends and New Drugs) has been monitoring current trends and those concerning emerging phenomena in the field of drugs.