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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.
Although the forms and organisation of drug trafficking in France obviously have their own logic, they are also the consequence of a public policy and the ways in which the institutions responsible have implemented this policy.
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.
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.
Support centres for the reduction of drug-related harms (CAARUDs) are designed to carry out harm reduction measures aimed at psychoactive substance users. Tendances No 120 presents the 2015 results of a national survey of users attending these centres, named "ENa-CAARUD".
The 2005 ESCAPAD survey (Survey on Health and Consumption on Call-up and Preparation for Defence Day) is the fifth nationwide survey of its kind to be organised.
This issue presents the first results of the French part of the ESPAD 2003 survey (European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) and concerns the use of psychoactive substances by young 12-18 year-old middle school and secondary school pupils.
Since 1997 the OFDT has set up a perennial device based upon national general population surveys for observing drug-related uses, behaviours, and opinions.
The ESCAPAD survey, set up in 2000 by the OFDT with the logistical support of the Central bureau for the National Service (DCSN), contributes, every year, to reporting the trends in the use of psychoactive products among young French people.
Since 2000, once a year, the Health and drug use survey during call-up and preparation for defence (ESCAPAD) has questioned all the adolescents who attend their Call-up and preparation for defence day (JAPD) on the Wednesday and Saturday of a given week.