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This Théma report is devoted to the changes in the cannabis market in France, particularly in relation to the increase in the use of herbal cannabis.
The Institute for Health Monitoring (InVS) recently published a two volume report entitled "Contribution to the Evaluation of the Policy for Risk Reduction: SIAMOIS".
Since 2000, once a year, the ESCAPAD survey has questioned all the adolescents who attend their Journée d’appel de préparation à la défense [call-up and preparation for defence day] (JAPD), on the Wednesday and Saturday of a given week in metropolitan France and across all the sessions from April to June in the overseas departments.
The Hospital, Patients, Health and Territories law of July 21, 2009 (the so-called "HPST law") established a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products to all minors.
Given more intense illegal online gambling and in response to high European demand to open the gambling market to competition, on 12 May 2010 France opened "a controlled online gambling market to competition" in three areas: sports betting, horse race betting and poker.
The analysis of perceptions and opinions of the general population toward drugs should be considered a helpful tool in decision making.
A new survey among a national sample of general practitioners was carried out at the end of 2000-beginning of 2001 at the initiative, as in previous years, of the Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies (OFDT).
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.
The use of morphine sulphate outside of the scope of the therapeutic framework is not a new phenomenon. However, starting in 2000 and for a decade thereafter, such use appeared to be fairly controlled, geographically-contained and volatile over time. Since 2011 or so, there has been a rise in demand that is disparate, but geographically widespread.
Up until the last few years in France, the treatment of cocaine users was not considered a priority for health professionals dealing with drug users.
The phenomena which emerge from this fifteenth year of observation are a continuation of the previous period, with problems related to social instability among users and the resulting tensions still in the spotlight.
The illegal production of synthetic drugs (e.g. amphetamines, MDMA/ecstasy, methamphetamine) poses significant environmental risks, including soil and water contamination.
The survey, whose results are shown here, was carried out within the context of the Journée d'appel de préparation à la défense (JAPD, Roll Call Day of Preparation for Defence) established by the October 28th, 1997 law (pertaining to the French National Service).
An overview of the criminal justice responses to offences related to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs since the 1990s.
Ivana Obradovic, OFDT Deputy Director, sheds light on these two terms, often a source of confusion in the public debate.
The 2022-2023 National Adolescent Health and Substance Use Survey in Middle and High Schools (EnCLASS) interviewed a representative sample of pupils enrolled in high schools about their health, lifestyle habits, and possible use of psychoactive substances.
This report presents a new estimate of the social cost of drugs in France in 2019, following a previous calculation in 2010.
Results of the ESSPRI survey evidence a significant exposure to psychoactive substances among adult male inmates in mainland France, regardless of sentences lengths, irrespective of prison type and criminal status (awaiting trial or convicted).
In 2021, the quantities seized by the police, the gendarmerie and customs have reached unprecedented levels for marijuana, cocaine and even heroin. In addition, the levels of substances circulating the country from cannabis resin and heroin to cocaine and MDMA/ecstasy are high, while retail prices are fairly stable or down slightly.
Psychoactive substance use among middle school and high school students: results of the EnCLASS 2022 survey.
