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The illegal production of synthetic drugs (e.g. amphetamines, MDMA/ecstasy, methamphetamine) poses significant environmental risks, including soil and water contamination.
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.
OFDT has published its annual report on tobacco smoking and tobacco cessation in 2023 in France.
At the request of public authorities, OFDT and Santé publique France have taken stock of available public data pertaining to the tobacco supply for smokers in France, between 2014 and 2022.
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).
The end of adolescence is the window of opportunity to try out gambling, the early and repetitive practice of which is likely to lead to problem gambling, much as the use of psychoactive substances.
Ivana Obradovic, OFDT Deputy Director, sheds light on these two terms, often a source of confusion in the public debate.
In this video, Ivana Obradovic, OFDT Deputy Director, discusses the legalisation of cannabis, outlining its objectives and challenges in the United States and Canada.
The Tabatraj survey, conducted with approximately 70 participants who have recently quit smoking revealed that there are various and accumulative reasons for giving it up. Over time, smokers make several attempts to stop, and adjust their chosen cessation strategies
This year, 132 specialised drug treatment centres (CSAPA) participated in the RECAP survey (common data collection on addictions and treatments), out of a total of around 500 CSAPAs, providing data on more than 210 000 patients.
For the past two decades the Survey on Health and Use on National Defence and Citizenship Day (ESCAPAD) conducted by the OFDT has made it possible to quantify the use of psychoactive substance by 17-year-olds at a regional level.
An overview of the criminal justice responses to offences related to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs since the 1990s.
Psychoactive substance use among middle school and high school students: results of the EnCLASS 2022 survey.
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:
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).
This document provides an overview of the supply, uses, and the social and health consequences of alcohol consumption in France in 2022.
For the third time after 2011 and 2017, the OFDT has administered a module of questions in the ESCAPAD survey on gambling practices among 17-year-old adolescents.
Behavioural addictions still make up a scientific and clinical field under construction, characterised by a low consensus level which results in large numbers of concepts, terms, definitions and measuring tools.
