Within the framework of the ERANID project (European Research Area Network on Illicit Drugs), funded by the European Commission (EC), the OFDT carried out a Europe-wide survey in the six member countries of the consortium (Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom) and at the level of the EC.
This 30-page document gives an estimate, between 210 000 and 250 000 problem drug users, based on data from 2006 and different methods.
These guidelines are the result of the work carried out within the framework of the Addictions Committee set up by the Ministry of Health in November 2006.
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.).
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?
This manual presents the main results of a European project whose purpose is to develop a common model of an Early Information Function for Emerging Drug Phenomena. This function should allow to identify and understand early changes in drug uses or new drugs more quickly than by using standard monitoring systems.
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.
In this report, a multi-disciplinary attempt to synthesize available data and analyses on drugs and drug addiction has been made, in order to avoid the usual over-segmented approaches taken in this field.