10 thematic workbooks describing the national situation on drugs in France in 2023.
An overview of the criminal justice responses to offences related to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs since the 1990s.
Based on a research work coordinated by the OFDT, this issue of Tendances shows that cannabis regulation raised both traditional drug policy implementation challenges and unique challenges.
Based on a research work coordinated by the OFDT, this issue of Tendances describes the structure and methods of cannabis regulation from a public health perspective, comparing six jurisdictions in the United States (Washington State, Oregon, California) and Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec).
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In recent years (2016-2020), an average of 180 000 people have been arrested every year by law enforcement services (police and gendarmerie) for a drug law offence in France.
This report summarizes eight years of policy and public health knowledge since Colorado and Washington became the first states in the U.S. – and the first jurisdictions in the world – to begin to develop and implement policies around a commercial marketplace for marijuana.
This report analyzes the regulation of cannabis in Canada, as well as the political, economic and social impact of the policies adopted.
This summary covers the main contributions from a collective OFDT publication entitled "Drogues et addictions, données essentielles" issued in April 2019.
Following Uruguay in 2013, Canada is the second country in the world - the first in G7 - that has officially legalised the production, distribution and possession of cannabis for recreational use.
Although cannabis is still prohibited at federal level, 8 American states and the District of Columbia have made unprecedented changes to their cannabis regulations with the legalisation of cultivation, sale, possession and use of cannabis for non-medical (i.e. recreational) purposes from the age of 21.
Since 2007, OFDT has been publishing Drugs, Key Data, an overall perspective digest with the most recent and detailed facts and figures.
This issue of Tendances examines law enforcement on driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, reviewing the most recent trends in road traffic controls and driving under the influence enforcement, as well as the criminal justice system response to these specific alcohol and drug issues.
The purpose of this publication is to periodically collect the most recent and most relevant key quantitative indicators of drug use, whether illegal substances, tobacco, alcohol or psychotropic medicines.
The aim of this document is to illustrate the different aspects of the situation of cannabis in France (consumption, market, risks and consequences, public policy, etc.).
Four years after an initial survey into the application of the "Evin law" in high schools, a new survey examines changes in the rules concerning tobacco and its uses.
This report tries to bring about some facts to answer three basic questions: how many people use drugs in France, as regards a single experience or a more regular one? Which users are in trouble? Which sanitary, social and legal damages are caused by these uses?
The fourth edition of this report provides a clearer picture of the extent and complexity of the drug problem, how it has evolved over the past few years, and the measures implemented. The aim of this document is to put all the available knowledge into perspective.
The use of illicit drugs and criminality enjoy powerful media visibility and give the curious bystanders something to talk about; they fascinate and at the same time arouse fear and incomprehension.
In Europe, France and the Netherlands both stand for opposite models of drug policies as far as public opinion is concerned.